Margaret Court won the women’s singles title at the 1973 US Open, the first major to award equal prize money to men and women.
Court defeated Evonne Goolagong in the final, 7–6, 5–7, 6–2. The victory was Court’s fifth US Open singles championship and her 24th—and final—Grand Slam singles title, still the women’s record.
The 1973 tournament was played on grass at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York. Both singles champions, Court and John Newcombe, received $25,000, making the US Open the first Grand Slam to equalize men’s and women’s singles prize money.
A common mix-up is Billie Jean King, who was the two-time defending champion and a major advocate for pay equality. She lost in the third round, while Goolagong finished runner-up.