Details | |
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Duration | 26 December 1972 – 26 November 1973 |
Edition | 1st |
Tournaments | 65 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) Year-end championships Virginia Slims Circuit (22) Commercial Union Grand Prix (23) Non-Tour Events (13) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most titles | Margaret Court (18) |
Most finals | Margaret Court (19) |
← 1972 1974 → |
The 1973 WTA Tour was also the first season of the WTA Tour was officially formed by Billie Jean King following a meeting held in the Gloucester Hotel in London during the week before Wimbledon.[1] It was composed of the third annual Virginia Slims Circuit a tour of tennis tournaments for female tennis players, sponsored by Virginia Slims cigarettes.[2] and the ILTF Commercial Union Assurance Grand Prix, a circuit of tournaments sponsored by Commercial Union Assurance Company.