# 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.
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

* 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |