| Tournament Name: | 1973 Pot Black |
| Dates: | Recorded 29 December 1972 – 1 January 1973 (broadcast) |
| Venue: | Pebble Mill Studios |
| Location: | Birmingham |
| Country: | England |
| Format: | Non-ranking event |
| Winners Share: | £1000 |
| Highest Break: |  Eddie Charlton (110) |
| Winner: | Eddie Charlton |
| Runner Up: | Rex Williams |
| Score: | 93–33 |
| Previous: | 1972 |
| Next: | 1974 |
The 1973 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was broadcast in 1973. The tournament was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured eight professional players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.
Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Tuesday 13 February 1973[1] The tournament this year was reverted to 8 players. The three ex-winners were in a Pot Black Champions group while the remaining five players were in a League of Champions group. The top two from each group qualified for the semi-finals. Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.
The tournament featured the TV debut of Alex Higgins who beat John Pulman in the first match of the series. Eddie Charlton retained the Pot Black title beating Rex Williams 93–33 shown on 29 May [2] and also made the first century break making 110 against John Spencer[3] which remained a record until 2005.[4]
| Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Higgins | 1–0 | John Pulman | 13 February 1973 | |
| Rex Williams | 1–0 | Jackie Rea | 20 February 1973 | |
| Fred Davis | 0–1 | John Pulman | 6 March 1973 | |
| Alex Higgins | 0–1 | Rex Williams | 13 March 1973 | |
| Fred Davis | 1–0 | Jackie Rea | 27 March 1973 | |
| John Pulman | 1–0 | Rex Williams | 3 April 1973 | |
| Alex Higgins | 0–1 | Jackie Rea | 10 April 1973 | |
| Fred Davis | 1–0 | Rex Williams | 24 April 1973 | |
| Jackie Rea | 1–0 | John Pulman | 1 May 1973 | |
| Alex Higgins | 0–1 | Fred Davis | 8 May 1973 |
| Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Broadcast Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Spencer | 0–1 | Ray Reardon | 27 February 1973 | |
| John Spencer | 0–1 | Eddie Charlton | 20 March 1973 | |
| Eddie Charlton | 1–0 | Ray Reardon | 17 April 1973 |