# 1973 Rothmans Canadian Open – Men's doubles

The 1973 Rothmans Canadian Open – Men's doubles was an event of the 1973 Rothmans Canadian Open tennis tournament that was played at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club in Toronto in Canada rom August 20 through August 26, 1973. The draw comprised 32 teams of which four were seeded. Ilie Năstase and Ion Țiriac were the defending champion but did not participate in this edition. Third-seeded Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall won the doubles title, defeating unseeded Owen Davidson and John Newcombe in the final, 7–5, 7–6.

## Seeds

* Tom Okker / Marty Riessen (first round)
* Stan Smith / Erik van Dillen (first round, withdrew)
* Rod Laver / Ken Rosewall (champions)
* Bob Carmichael / Frew McMillan (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol | 3 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | |
| 3 | Rod Laver Ken Rosewall | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Rod Laver Ken Rosewall | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | 3 | Rod Laver Ken Rosewall | 7 | 7 |
| | | | | | | Owen Davidson John Newcombe | 5 | 6 |
| | Owen Davidson John Newcombe | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | Owen Davidson John Newcombe | 5 | 6 |
| | Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell | 4 | 6$^1$ | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals |
| 1 | Tom Okker Marty Riessen | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes | 4 | 6 | 6 | | Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Björn Borg Rolf Norberg | 6$^9$ | 6 | 2 | | Mike Belkin Eddie Dibbs | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mike Belkin Eddie Dibbs | 7$^{11}$ | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes | 6$^3$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | David Brown Chris Burr | 4 | 3 | | | Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Dick Crealy Andrew Pattison | 6 | 7 | | | Dick Crealy Andrew Pattison | 6 | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mike Estep Milan Holeček | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol | 3 | 7$^7$ | 3 |
| 3 | Rod Laver Ken Rosewall | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Rod Laver Ken Rosewall | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 |
| | Don McCormick Harold Solomon | 0 | 2 | | 3 | Rod Laver Ken Rosewall | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | John Fort Jiří Hřebec | 3 | 5 | | | Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau Georges Goven | 7 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau Georges Goven | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 3 | Rod Laver Ken Rosewall | 7$^8$ | 7 | | | | | |
| | John Alexander Phil Dent | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | Haroon Rahim Guillermo Vilas | 6$^6$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | Arthur Ashe Frank Froehling | 4 | 6 | 4 | | John Alexander Phil Dent | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Haroon Rahim Guillermo Vilas | 6 | 6 | | | Haroon Rahim Guillermo Vilas | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Patrice Dominguez Patrick Proisy | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | Ove Bengtson Jim McManus | 4 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Ian Fletcher Charlie Pasarell | 6 | 5 | 6 | | Ian Fletcher Charlie Pasarell | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | Tony Bardsley Keith Carpenter | 6 | 3 | | | Owen Davidson John Newcombe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Owen Davidson John Newcombe | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | Owen Davidson John Newcombe | 6 | 3 | 7 | | | |
| | Mark Cox Ismail El Shafei | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | 4 | Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan | 4 | 6 | 5 | | | |
| | Ross Case Geoff Masters | 1 | 6 | 7 | | Ross Case Geoff Masters | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | |
| | Wanaro N'Godrella Terry Ryan | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Bob Carmichael Frew McMillan | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | Owen Davidson John Newcombe | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| | Pat Cramer Ray Moore | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell | 4 | 6$^1$ |
| | Corrado Barazzutti Tonino Zugarelli | 7 | 6 | | | Corrado Barazzutti Tonino Zugarelli | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Cliff Drysdale Nikola Pilić | 7$^7$ | 0 | 4 | | | | | | Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | Jeff Borowiak Raúl Ramírez | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | Jeff Borowiak Raúl Ramírez | 6 | 6 | | | Jeff Borowiak Raúl Ramírez | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | Humphrey Hose Iván Molina | w/o | | | | Humphrey Hose Iván Molina | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Stan Smith Erik van Dillen | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |