1983 World Championship Tennis circuit

The 1983 World Championship Tennis circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1983. It was organized by World Championship Tennis (WCT). The WCT circuit withdrew from the Grand Prix circuit in 1982 and established its own full calendar season consisting of 20 tournaments. For the 1983 season the WCT circuit was downsized to eight tournaments and ran from January to May.^[1]

1983 World Championship Tennis circuit

Lendl reached most tour finals
Details
Duration	1 January 1983 – 1 May 1983
Edition	12th
Tournaments	8
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Ivan Lendl John McEnroe (2)
Most tournament finals	Ivan Lendl (3)
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Calendar

Week	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Jan	Masters Doubles WCT, Great Britain Carpet – $300,000 – D8	Balázs Taróczy Heinz Günthardt 6–3, 7–5, 7–6	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
2 Feb	Richmond WCT Richmond, Virginia, US Carpet – $300,000 – S32/D16	Guillermo Vilas 6–3, 7–5, 6–4	Steve Denton	Eliot Teltscher Kevin Curren	Roscoe Tanner Bill Scanlon Jeff Borowiak Brian Teacher
		Tomáš Šmíd Pavel Složil 6–2, 6–4	Fritz Buehning Brian Teacher
21 Feb	Delray Beach WCT Delray Beach, Florida, US Clay – $300,000 – S32/D16	Guillermo Vilas 6–1, 6–4, 6–0	Pavel Složil	Eddie Dibbs Guillermo Vilas	Henrik Sundström Eric Fromm Johan Kriek Cássio Motta
		Tomáš Šmíd Pavel Složil 7–6, 6–4	Anand Amritraj Johan Kriek
14 Mar	Munich WCT Munich, Germany Carpet – $300,000 – S32/D16	Brian Teacher 1-6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3	Mark Dickson	Wojtek Fibak Bill Scanlon	Ramesh Krishnan Vitas Gerulaitis Shlomo Glickstein Kevin Curren
		Steve Denton Kevin Curren 7–5, 2-6, 6–1	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy
4 Apr	Houston WCT Houston, Texas, US Clay – $250,000 – S32/D16	Ivan Lendl 6–2, 6–0, 6–3	Paul McNamee	Bill Scanlon Mark Dickson	Henri Leconte Sammy Giammalva Steve Denton Tomáš Šmíd
		Steve Denton Kevin Curren 7–6, 6–7, 6–1	Mark Dickson Tomáš Šmíd
12 Apr	Hilton Head WCT Hilton Head, South Carolina, US Clay – $250,000 – S8	Ivan Lendl 6–2, 6–1, 6–0	Guillermo Vilas	Brian Teacher Tomáš Šmíd	Mark Dickson Steve Denton Bill Scanlon Paul McNamee
26 Apr	Dallas WCT Finals Dallas, Texas, US Carpet – $300,000 – S16	John McEnroe 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–0)	Ivan Lendl	Bill Scanlon Vitas Gerulaitis	Steve Denton Kevin Curren Guillermo Vilas Tomáš Šmíd
1 May	WCT Tournament of Champions Forest Hills, New York, US Clay – $300,000 – S64/D32	John McEnroe 6–3, 7–5	Vitas Gerulaitis	Johan Kriek Guillermo Vilas	Henri Leconte Brad Gilbert Paul McNamee Tomáš Šmíd
		Tracy Delatte Johan Kriek 6–7, 7–5, 6–3	Kevin Curren Steve Denton

See also

• 1983 Grand Prix circuit

References

External links

• ATP 1983 results archive

This page was last edited on 4 December 2022, at 00:39