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{{TennisEventInfo|1973|Australian Indoor Championships|<br />
| date=4–11 November<br />
| edition=1st<br />
| category=[[Grand Prix tennis circuit|Grand Prix]] (Group B)<br />
| draw=32S / 16D<br />
| prize_money=$50,000<br />
| location=[[Sydney]], Australia<br />
| venue=[[Hordern Pavilion]] <br />
| champs={{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rod Laver]]<ref name="ms">{{cite web|title=1973 Sydney Indoor – Singles draw|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/sydney/427/1973/draws?matchType=singles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref><br />
| champd={{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rod Laver]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]]<ref name="md">{{cite web|title=1973 Sydney Indoor – Doubles draw|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/archive/sydney/427/1973/draws?matchType=doubles|publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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The '''1973 Australian Indoor Championships''' was a men's [[tennis]] tournament played on [[Tennis court#Indoor courts|indoor hard courts]] at the [[Hordern Pavilion]] in [[Sydney]], Australia. It was part of the [[1973 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix]] as a Group B category tournament. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 4 November through 11 November 1973.<ref>{{cite book|title=World of Tennis '74|year=1974|publisher=Queen Anne Press|location=London|isbn=9780362001686|page=121|editor=John Barrett}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131691690 |title=Layer outlasts Newcombe in 3-hour battle |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=12 November 1973 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131690403 |title=Indoor tennis begins |author=Joe Cosgrove |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=6 November 1973 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> [[Rod Laver]] won the singles title and the accompanying $10,000 first-prize money.<ref>{{cite news|title=Laver takes net thriller|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1977902/|work=News-Herald|agency=United Press International|date=12 November 1973|page=12|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription }}</ref><br />
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==Finals==<br />
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===Singles===<br />
{{main|1973 Australian Indoor Championships – Singles}}<br />
{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rod Laver]] defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]] 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4<br />
* It was Laver's 14th title of the year and the 50th of his [[Rod Laver career statistics|career]].<br />
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===Doubles===<br />
{{main|1973 Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles}}<br />
{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Rod Laver]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Newcombe]] defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mal Anderson]] / {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Ken Rosewall]] 7–6, 6–2<br />
* It was Laver's 13th title of the year and the 49th of his career. It was Newcombe's 10th title of the year and the 48th of his career.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/sydney-indoor/aus/1973/m-gp-aus-01a-1973/draws-and-results/ ITF – tournament edition details]<br />
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{{Sydney Indoor tournaments}}<br />
{{1973 Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix}}<br />
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