Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.^[1]

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	William Lloyd
	Éric Derasse		w/o
								William Lloyd		4	6	6
								Tim Noonan		6	4	0
	Tim Noonan		7	6
	Larry Hilbert		6	2

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	Sergei Likhachev		6	6
	Dragan Stojović		3	0
								Sergei Likhachev		6	6
								Jacques Thamin		2	2
	Jacques Thamin		3	6	6
	Jan Zabrodsky		6	4	2

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	Roberto Chávez		6	6
	J. Lacey		1	2
								Roberto Chávez		7	6
								Ionel Santeiu		5	4
	Ionel Santeiu		6	3	6
	Patricio Rodríguez		3	6	3

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	Tito Vázquez		7	6
	Keith Hancock		6	1
								Tito Vázquez		6	6
								Guy Tytherleigh		2	0
	Guy Tytherleigh
	Armel Collinot		w/o

Fifth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	Piero Toci		6	6
	Harold Turnbull		2	4
								Piero Toci		6	7
								Sherwood Stewart		1	5
	Jean Lovera		6	2	5
	Sherwood Stewart		4	6	7

Sixth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	Attila Korpás		6	6
	Vincenzo Franchitti		3	3
								Attila Korpás		4	6	4
								Jun Kuki		6	3	6
	Patrice Beust		6	1	6
	Jun Kuki		4	6	8

Seventh qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	Pietro Marzano		6	6	2
	Ulrich Pinner		7	4	6
								Ulrich Pinner		3	7	4
								Pierre Joly		6	6	6
	Sergio Palmieri		6	3	4
	Pierre Joly		4	6	6

Eighth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	Kim Warwick		6	7
	Kim Sung-bae		1	6
								Kim Warwick		6	6
								Herbert Loerke		1	2
	Bernard Montrenaud		5	2
	Herbert Loerke		7	6

Ninth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	Byron Bertram		2	0
	Éric Deblicker		6	6
								Éric Deblicker		7	7
								Richard Russell		5	5
	Richard Russell		6	4	6
	Butch Seewagen		2	6	3

Tenth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	Jean-Louis Haillet		6	7
	Claude Boutard		3	6
								Jean-Louis Haillet		4	0
								Géza Varga		6	6
	Jean Mazzella		4	3
	Géza Varga		6	6

Eleventh qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	Jean-François Caujolle		1	6
	Denis Naegelen		6	7
								Denis Naegelen		6	3	4
								Nicolas Kelaidis		2	6	4r
	Nicolas Kelaidis		6	1	6
	Giordano Maioli		3	6	2

Twelfth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	Lito Álvarez		7	6
	Kenichi Hirai		6	4
								Lito Álvarez		2	5
								John Lloyd		6	7
	John Lloyd		6	6
	Nikša Suka		1	0

Thirteenth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	Emilio Montaño		6	6
	Paul McNamee		4	4
								Emilio Montaño		7	6
								Eduardo Gorostiaga		5	4
	Eduardo Gorostiaga		6	6
	Richard Legendre		0	3

Fourteenth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	Toma Ovici		6	4	6
	Viorel Marcu		0	6	2
								Toma Ovici		6	6
								Kv Lynn		4	2
	Kv Lynn		6	6
	Hans Egert		2	0

Fifteenth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	Steve Siegel
	Jean-Roger Cadot		w/o
								Steve Siegel		6	6
								Jean Bergmann		3	4
	Jean Bergmann		6	1	6
	Dumitru Hărădău		3	6	2

Sixteenth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	Paul Kronk		4	6	6
	Michel De Marneffe		6	4	1
								Paul Kronk		6	7
								Sergio Cruz		3	6
	Sergio Cruz
	Patrice Hagelauer		w/o

References

External links

• 1973 French Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation