1983 Grand Prix (tennis)

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1983 Grand Prix circuit

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McEnroe won 6 titles in the year

Details
Duration
10 January 1983 – 10 January 1984
Edition
14th
Tournaments
70
Categories
Grand Slam (4)
Grand Prix Series (65)
* Super Series
* Regular Series
Team Events (1)
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles
Sweden Mats Wilander (9)
Most tournament finals
Sweden Mats Wilander (11)
Prize money leader
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl ($1,747,128)
Points leader
Sweden Mats Wilander (3,101) [a]
Awards
Player of the year
United States John McEnroe
Most improved
player of the year

United States Jimmy Arias
Newcomer of the year
United States Scott Davis

← 1982


1984 →

The 1983 Volvo Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments, and two team tournaments (the Davis Cup and the World Team Cup. The circuit was administered by the Men's International Professional Tennis Council (MIPTC).




Contents





  • 1 Schedule

    • 1.1 January


    • 1.2 February


    • 1.3 March


    • 1.4 April


    • 1.5 May


    • 1.6 June


    • 1.7 July


    • 1.8 August


    • 1.9 September


    • 1.10 October


    • 1.11 November


    • 1.12 December


    • 1.13 January 1984



  • 2 Grand Prix rankings


  • 3 List of tournament winners


  • 4 See also


  • 5 Further reading


  • 6 Notes


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links




Schedule


The table below shows the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix schedule (a precursor to the ATP Tour).




January































Week of
Tournament
Champion
Runner-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
24 January

Guarujá, Brazil
Hard – $200,000 – S64/D32

Argentina José Luis Clerc
3–6, 7–5, 6–1

Sweden Mats Wilander

Belgium Bernard Boileau
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd

Paraguay Francisco González
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
United States Pat Du Pré
India Ramesh Krishnan

Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
United States Tim Gullikson

5–7, 7–6, 6–3

Israel Shlomo Glickstein
United States Van Winitsky
31 January

Caracas, Venezuela
Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16

Mexico Raúl Ramírez
6–4, 6–2

United States Morris Skip Strode

Paraguay Francisco González
Sweden Stefan Simonsson

United States Nick Saviano
United States David Dowlen
United States Stan Smith
United States Tim Gullikson

United States Stan Smith
Chile Jaime Fillol

6–7, 6–4, 6–3

Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Romania Ilie Năstase

1983 U.S. Pro Indoor
Philadelphia, USA
Carpet – $250,000 – S64/D32

United States John McEnroe
4–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–3

Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl

United States Tim Mayotte
United States Bill Scanlon

United States Eliot Teltscher
United States Brian Gottfried
Australia Peter McNamara
Poland Wojciech Fibak

South Africa Kevin Curren
United States Steve Denton

4–6, 7–6, 7–6

United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe


February












































Week of
Tournament
Champion
Runner-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
14 February

Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Carpet – $250,000 – S64/D32

United States Jimmy Connors
7–5, 6–0

United States Gene Mayer

Australia Peter McNamara
United States Brian Gottfried

United States Eliot Teltscher
France Yannick Noah
United States Brian Teacher
Australia Paul McNamee

Australia Peter McNamara
Australia Paul McNamee

6–3, 5–7, 6–4

United States Tim Gullikson
United States Tom Gullikson

Viña del Mar, Chile
Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16

Paraguay Víctor Pecci
2–6, 7–5, 6–4

Chile Jaime Fillol

Peru Pablo Arraya
Chile Ricardo Acuña

France Loïc Courteau
Bolivia Mario Martínez
West Germany Damir Keretić
Chile Hans Gildemeister

Chile Belus Prajoux
Chile Hans Gildemeister

6–3, 6–1

Brazil Júlio Góes
Brazil Ney Keller
21 February

La Quinta, California, USA
Hard – $200,000 – S64/D32

Spain José Higueras
6–4, 6–2

United States Eliot Teltscher

United States Mike Bauer
United States Eliot Teltscher

United States Brad Gilbert
United States Sandy Mayer
United States Victor Amaya
United States Robert Van't Hof

Mexico Raúl Ramírez
Australia Brian Gottfried

7–6, 6–4

India Anand Amritraj
United States Johan Kriek
28 February

Monterrey, Mexico
Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16

United States Sammy Giammalva
6–4, 3–6, 6–3

United States Ben Testerman

United States Erick Iskersky
Nigeria Nduka Odizor

United States Terry Moor
United States John Sadri
Mexico Juan Hernandez
United States Nick Saviano

Nigeria Nduka Odizor
United States David Dowlen

3–6, 6–3, 6–4

United States Andy Andrews
United States John Sadri

Davis Cup First Round
Moscow, Soviet Union – Carpet (i)
Asunción, Paraguay – Carpet (i)
Adelaide, Australia – Grass
Timişoara, Romania – Hard (i)
Bjärred, Sweden – Carpet (i)
Christchurch, New Zealand – Grass
Reggio Calabria, Italy – Clay
Buenos Aires, Argentina – Clay
First Round Winners
 France 3–2
 Paraguay 4–1
 Australia 3–2
 Romania 5–0
 Sweden 5–0
 New Zealand 5–0
 Italy 3–2
 Argentina 3–2
First Round Losers
 Soviet Union
 Czechoslovakia
 Great Britain
 Chile
 Indonesia
 Denmark
 Ireland
 United States


March






















































Week of
Tournament
Champion
Runner-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
7 March

Donnay Indoor
Brussels, Belgium
Carpet – $250,000 – S32/D16

Australia Peter McNamara
6–4, 4–6, 7–6

Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl

Sweden Mats Wilander
United States Vitas Gerulaitis

United States Johan Kriek
France Yannick Noah
United States Steve Denton
Australia Peter McNamara

Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Hungary Balázs Taróczy

6–2, 6–4

Sweden Hans Simonsson
Sweden Mats Wilander

Nancy, France
Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16

United States Nick Saviano
6–4, 4–6, 6–3

United States Chip Hooper

Poland Wojciech Fibak
South Africa Danie Visser

United States Victor Amaya
Australia Wally Masur
United States Tom Cain
United States Bill Scanlon

Sweden Anders Järryd
Sweden Jan Gunnarsson

7–5, 6–3

Chile Ricardo Acuña
Chile Belus Prajoux
14 March

ABN World Tennis Tournament
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Hard – $250,000 – S32/D16

United States Gene Mayer
6–1, 7–6

Argentina Guillermo Vilas

Australia John Fitzgerald
United States Fritz Buehning

United States Tim Wilkison
United States Nick Saviano
United States Hank Pfister
United States Vince Van Patten

United States Tom Gullikson
United States Fritz Buehning

7–6, 4–6, 7–6

United States Peter Fleming
Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
21 March

Milan, Italy
Carpet – $350,000 – S32/D16

Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
5–7, 6–3, 7–6

South Africa Kevin Curren

United States Chip Hooper
United States Bill Scanlon

United States Sandy Mayer
Sweden Thomas Högstedt
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
South Africa Eddie Edwards

Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil

6–2, 5–7, 6–4

United States Fritz Buehning
United States Peter Fleming

Nice, France
Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16

Sweden Henrik Sundström
7–5, 4–6, 6–3

Spain Manuel Orantes

Bolivia Mario Martínez
Spain Fernando Luna

France Christophe Casa
Spain Juan Avendaño
United States Jimmy Brown
France Thierry Tulasne

Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek
Belgium Bernard Boileau

6–3, 6–4

France Bernard Fritz
France Jean-Louis Haillet
28 March

Monte Carlo Open
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Clay – $300,000 – S32/D16

Sweden Mats Wilander
6–1, 6–2, 6–3

United States Mel Purcell

Spain Manuel Orantes
Italy Corrado Barazzutti

Israel Shlomo Glickstein
France Yannick Noah
France Henri Leconte
Argentina Guillermo Vilas

Hungary Balázs Taróczy
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt

6–2, 6–4

France Henri Leconte
France Yannick Noah


April






























































Week of
Tournament
Champion
Runner-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
4 April

Lights Cup
Lisbon, Portugal
Clay – $250,000 – S32/D16

Sweden Mats Wilander
2–6, 7–6, 6–4

France Yannick Noah

Spain José Higueras
Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek

Israel Shlomo Glickstein
Italy Corrado Barazzutti
Sweden Anders Järryd
Paraguay Víctor Pecci

Brazil Cassio Motta
Brazil Carlos Kirmayr

7–5, 6–4

Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
United States Ferdi Taygan
11 April

Aix-en-Provence, France
Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16

Sweden Mats Wilander
6–3, 6–2

Spain Sergio Casal

Sweden Joakim Nyström
France Henri Leconte

Paraguay Víctor Pecci
Argentina Alejandro Ganzábal
France Loïc Courteau
Colombia Jairo Velasco, Sr.

France Gilles Moretton
France Henri Leconte

2–6, 6–1, 6–2

Chile Iván Camus
Spain Sergio Casal

Los Angeles, USA
Hard – $200,000 – S64/D32

United States Gene Mayer
7–6, 6–1

United States Johan Kriek

United States Jimmy Connors
United States Brian Gottfried

United States Sandy Mayer
United States Hank Pfister
United States Mike De Palmer
United States Tim Mayotte

United States John McEnroe
United States Peter Fleming

6–1, 6–2

United States Sandy Mayer
United States Ferdi Taygan
18 April

Bournemouth, England
Clay – $125,000 – S32/D16

Spain José Higueras
2–6, 7–6, 7–5

Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd

Sweden Stefan Edberg
Paraguay Víctor Pecci

Chile Jaime Fillol
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
Israel Shlomo Glickstein
United Kingdom Buster Mottram

United States Sherwood Stewart
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd

7–6, 7–5

Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
24 April

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Hard – $250,000 – S32/D16

United States Jimmy Connors
7–6, 6–1

Australia Mark Edmondson

United States Hank Pfister
United States Robert Van't Hof

United States Steve Denton
Mexico Raúl Ramírez
United States Sandy Mayer
United States Sammy Giammalva

United States Steve Denton
South Africa Kevin Curren

6–3, 7–5

United States Tracy Delatte
United States Johan Kriek
25 April

Madrid, Spain
Clay – $250,000 – S32/D16

France Yannick Noah
3–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–4

Sweden Henrik Sundström

Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt

France Thierry Tulasne
Spain Alberto Tous
Brazil Carlos Kirmayr
Chile Hans Gildemeister

Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt

6–3, 6–3

Switzerland Markus Günthardt
Hungary Zoltán Kuhárszky

Tampa, Florida, USA
Carpet – $75,000 – S16

United States Johan Kriek
6–2, 6–4

United States Robert Lutz

Romania Florin Segărceanu
United States Mike De Palmer

Australia John Fitzgerald
United States Tom Cain
United States Fritz Buehning
United States Tim Wilkison

United States Steve Meister
United States Tony Giammalva

3–6, 6–1, 7–5

United States Eric Fromm
United States Drew Gitlin


May






















































Week of
Tournament
Champion
Runner-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
2 May

World Team Cup
Düsseldorf, Germany
Clay – $450,000 – S16/D8

 Spain
2–1

 Australia


9 May

Florence, Italy
Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16

United States Jimmy Arias
6–4, 6–3

Italy Francesco Cancellotti

United States Eddie Dibbs
Sweden Stefan Simonsson

France Georges Goven
Argentina Ricardo Cano
Spain Ángel Giménez
France Thierry Tulasne

Paraguay Víctor Pecci
Paraguay Francisco González

4–6, 6–4, 7–6

France Dominique Bedel
France Bernard Fritz

Hamburg, Germany
Clay – $75,000 – S56/D28

France Yannick Noah
3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 6–0

Spain José Higueras

United States Eric Fromm
Argentina Guillermo Vilas

Hungary Balázs Taróczy
Sweden Mats Wilander
United States Eliot Teltscher
United States Jeff Borowiak

Hungary Balázs Taróczy
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt

7–6, 4–6, 6–4

Australia Mark Edmondson
United States Brian Gottfried
16 May

Italian Open
Rome, Italy
Clay – $300,000 – S64/D32

United States Jimmy Arias
6–2, 6–7, 6–2, 6–4

Spain José Higueras

Sweden Stefan Simonsson
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt

United States Eddie Dibbs
France Guy Forget
United States Eliot Teltscher
Argentina José Luis Clerc

Paraguay Francisco González
Paraguay Víctor Pecci

6–2, 6–7, 6–4

Sweden Jan Gunnarsson
United States Mike Leach

Bavarian Tennis Championships
Munich, Germany

Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
6–0, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 7–5

Sweden Joakim Nyström

Sweden Hans Simonsson
West Germany Peter Elter

Australia Chris Lewis
Spain Fernando Luna
Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
West Germany Michael Westphal

Australia Chris Lewis
Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil

6–4, 6–2

Sweden Anders Järryd
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
23 May
30 May

French Open
Paris, France
Clay

France Yannick Noah
6–2, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)

Sweden Mats Wilander

France Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Spain José Higueras

United States Jimmy Connors
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
United States John McEnroe

Sweden Anders Järryd
Sweden Hans Simonsson

7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–2

Australia Mark Edmondson
United States Sherwood Stewart

United States Barbara Jordan
United States Eliot Teltscher

6–2, 6–3

United States Leslie Allen
United States Charles Strode


June









































Week of
Tournament
Champion
Runner-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
6 June

Stella Artois Championships
London, England
Grass

United States Jimmy Connors
6–3, 6–3

United States John McEnroe

Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
South Africa Kevin Curren

United States Steve Denton
United States Tim Mayotte
Australia Pat Cash
United States Brian Gottfried

United States Brian Gottfried
Australia Paul McNamee

6–4, 6–3

South Africa Kevin Curren
United States Steve Denton

Venice, Italy
Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16

Argentina Roberto Argüello
2–6, 6–2, 6–0

United States Jimmy Brown

France Bernard Fritz
Romania Florin Segărceanu

Uruguay Diego Pérez
Italy Adriano Panatta
France Dominique Bedel
Argentina Carlos Castellan

Paraguay Víctor Pecci
Paraguay Francisco González

6–1, 6–2

Hungary Zoltán Kuhárszky
United States Steve Krulevitz
13 June

Bristol Open
Bristol, England
Grass

United States Johan Kriek
7–6, 7–5

United States Tom Gullikson

United States Lloyd Bourne
India Ramesh Krishnan

Chile Ricardo Acuña
United States Brian Teacher
Australia John Fitzgerald
Brazil Marcos Hocevar

Australia John Alexander
Australia John Fitzgerald

7–5, 6–4

United States Tom Gullikson
United States Johan Kriek
20 June
27 June

Wimbledon London, England
Grass

United States John McEnroe
6–2, 6–2, 6–2

Australia Chris Lewis

South Africa Kevin Curren
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl

United States Tim Mayotte
United States Mel Purcell
United States Roscoe Tanner
United States Sandy Mayer

United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe

6–4, 6–3, 6–4

United States Tim Gullikson
United States Tom Gullikson

Australia Wendy Turnbull
United Kingdom John Lloyd


United States Billie Jean King
United States Steve Denton


July























































































Week of
Tournament
Champion
Runner-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
4 July

Gstaad, Switzerland
Clay – $100,000 – S32/D16

United States Sandy Mayer
6–0, 6–3, 6–2

Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd

United States Mel Purcell
Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek

Spain José Higueras
Poland Wojciech Fibak
United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
United States Sammy Giammalva

Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil

6–7, 6–4, 6–2

United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
Poland Wojciech Fibak

Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Grass – $100,000 – S32/D16

Australia John Fitzgerald
2–6, 6–1, 6–3

United States Scott Davis

United States Tom Gullikson
United States Matt Mitchell

United States Paul Annacone
Australia Brad Drewett
United States John Van Nostrand
United States Tim Gullikson

Australia John Fitzgerald
India Vijay Amritraj

6–3, 6–4

United States Tim Gullikson
United States Tom Gullikson

Davis Cup Quarterfinals
Marseilles, France – Clay
Brisbane, Australia – Grass
Eastbourne, England – Grass
Rome, Italy – Clay
Quarterfinal Winners
 France 3–2
 Australia 5–0
 Sweden 3–2
 Argentina 5–0
Quarterfinal Losers
 Paraguay
 Romania
 New Zealand
 Italy

11 July

Swedish Open
Båstad, Sweden
Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16

Sweden Mats Wilander
6–1, 6–2

Sweden Anders Järryd

United States Jim Gurfein
United States Scott Lipton

Sweden Stefan Simonsson
Belgium Bernard Boileau
Sweden Jan Gunnarsson
Sweden Henrik Sundström

Sweden Mats Wilander
Sweden Joakim Nyström

1–6, 7–6, 7–6

Sweden Anders Järryd
Sweden Hans Simonsson

Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Clay – $200,000 – S56/D28

Argentina José Luis Clerc
6–3, 6–1

United States Jimmy Arias

Uruguay Diego Pérez
United States Eliot Teltscher

Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Italy Gianni Ocleppo
United States Jeff Borowiak
United States Jimmy Brown

Brazil Cassio Motta
United States Mark Dickson

7–5, 6–3

Chile Hans Gildemeister
Chile Belus Prajoux

Mercedes Cup
Stuttgart, Germany
Clay – $100,000 – S32/D16

Spain José Higueras
6–1, 6–1, 7–6

Switzerland Heinz Günthardt

United States Brian Teacher
New Zealand Chris Lewis

Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
West Germany Andreas Maurer
Australia John Alexander
South Africa Bernard Mitton

United States Mike Bauer
India Anand Amritraj

4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
18 July

Hilversum, Netherlands
Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16

Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
6–4, 6–4

Hungary Balázs Taróczy

West Germany Andreas Maurer
Switzerland Roland Stadler

Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
West Germany Christoph Zipf
West Germany Rolf Gehring
United States Eliot Teltscher

Hungary Balázs Taróczy
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt

3–6, 6–2, 6–3

Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd

Kitzbühel, Austria
Clay – $100,000 – S48/D24

Argentina Guillermo Vilas
7–6, 4–6, 6–4

France Henri Leconte

Spain Sergio Casal
West Germany Hans Schwaier

Brazil Marcos Hocevar
Hungary Zoltán Kuhárszky
Poland Wojciech Fibak
Australia Trevor Allan

Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
Poland Wojciech Fibak

7–5, 6–2

United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
Hungary Zoltán Kuhárszky

Washington, D.C., USA
Clay – $200,000 – S56/D28

Argentina José Luis Clerc
6–3, 3–6, 6–0

United States Jimmy Arias

Bolivia Mario Martínez
United States Eric Korita

Italy Francesco Cancellotti
Ecuador Andrés Gómez

Brazil Cassio Motta
United States Mark Dickson


Peru Pablo Arraya
Italy Claudio Panatta
25 July

Volvo International
North Conway, New Hampshire, USA
Clay – $200,000 – S56/D28

Argentina José Luis Clerc
6–3, 6–1

Ecuador Andrés Gómez

Spain José Higueras
United States Jimmy Arias

United States Mel Purcell
United States Jim Gurfein
Argentina Guillermo Vilas

United States Sherwood Stewart
Australia Mark Edmondson

7–6, 7–6

United States Eric Fromm
United States Drew Gitlin

South Orange, New Jersey, USA
Clay – $75,000 – S32/D16

Australia Brad Drewett
4–6, 6–4, 7–6

Australia John Alexander

United States Eric Korita
Australia Paul McNamee

West Germany Michael Westphal
United States Terry Moor
Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek
United States Tom Cain

United States Tom Cain
United States Fritz Buehning

6–2, 7–5

United Kingdom John Lloyd
United States Dick Stockton


August































































Week of
Tournament
Champion
Runner-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
1 August

Columbus, Ohio, USA
Hard – $100,000 – S32/D16

United States Brian Teacher
7–6, 6–4

United States Bill Scanlon

France Henri Leconte
United States Scott Davis

United States Steve Denton
United States Roscoe Tanner
United States Brian Gottfried
United States Eric Korita

United States Brian Teacher
United States Scott Davis

6–1, 4–6, 7–6

India Vijay Amritraj
Australia John Fitzgerald

U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Clay – $300,000 – S56/D28

United States Jimmy Arias
6–4, 2–6, 6–4

Ecuador Andrés Gómez

United States Mel Purcell
Israel Shlomo Glickstein

United States Jimmy Brown
Sweden Henrik Sundström
New Zealand Chris Lewis
Argentina Roberto Argüello

United States Sherwood Stewart
Australia Mark Edmondson

6–3, 6–2

Brazil Carlos Kirmayr
Brazil Cassio Motta
8 August

Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Hard – $25,000 – S32/D16

United States Marty Davis
6–3, 6–2

United States Matt Mitchell

United States John Austin
United States Nick Saviano

India Vijay Amritraj
Austria Peter Feigl
United States Andy Andrews
United States John Sadri

South Africa Christo van Rensburg
South Africa Mike Myburg

7–6,7–5

Paraguay Francisco González

Player's Canadian Open
Montreal, Canada
Hard – $300,000 – S56/D32

Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
6–2, 6–2

Sweden Anders Järryd

United States John McEnroe
United States Jimmy Connors

United States Brian Teacher
United States Peter Fleming
South Africa Kevin Curren
United States Johan Kriek

United States Ferdi Taygan
United States Sandy Mayer

6–3, 6–4

United States Tim Gullikson
United States Tom Gullikson
15 August

ATP Championships
Mason, USA
Hard – $300,000 – S64/D32

Sweden Mats Wilander
6–4, 6–4

United States John McEnroe

United States Jimmy Connors
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl

United States Jimmy Arias
United States Sandy Mayer
Paraguay Francisco González

United States Tim Gullikson
United States Victor Amaya

6–4, 6–3

Brazil Carlos Kirmayr
Brazil Cassio Motta

Stowe, Vermont, USA
Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16

Australia John Fitzgerald
3–6, 6–2, 7–5

India Vijay Amritraj

United States Matt Doyle
United States Van Winitsky

Australia Brad Drewett
Australia Paul McNamee
United States Fritz Buehning
United States Tom Gullikson

Australia Kim Warwick
Australia Brad Drewett

4–6, 7–5, 6–2

United States Fritz Buehning
United States Tom Gullikson
29 August
5 September

US Open
Hard

United States Jimmy Connors
6–3, 6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–0

Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl

United States Bill Scanlon
United States Jimmy Arias

United States Mark Dickson
United States Eliot Teltscher
France Yannick Noah
Sweden Mats Wilander

United States Peter Fleming
United States John McEnroe

6–3, 6–4, 6–2

United States Fritz Buehning
United States Van Winitsky

Australia Elizabeth Sayers
Australia John Fitzgerald

3–6, 6–3, 6–4

United States Barbara Potter
United States Ferdi Taygan


September


























































Week of
Tournament
Champion
Runner-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
12 September

Dallas Open
Dallas, Texas, USA
Hard – $200,000 – S32/D16

Ecuador Andrés Gómez
6–7, 6–1, 6–1

United States Brian Teacher

United States Sandy Mayer
United States Scott Davis

United States Jimmy Connors
New Zealand Chris Lewis
Australia John Fitzgerald
United States Gene Mayer

United States Van Winitsky
Nigeria Nduka Odizor

6–3, 7–5

United States Steve Denton
United States Sherwood Stewart

Palermo, Italy
Clay – $200,000 – S32/D16

United States Jimmy Arias
3–6, 6–1, 6–3

Argentina José Luis Clerc

United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
Italy Francesco Cancellotti

United States Jimmy Brown
Italy Corrado Barazzutti
Spain Juan Avendaño
Peru Pablo Arraya

Argentina José Luis Clerc
Peru Pablo Arraya

1–6, 6–4, 6–4

South Africa Danie Visser
South Africa Tian Viljoen
19 September

Geneva, Switzerland
Clay

Sweden Mats Wilander
3–6, 6–1, 6–3

Sweden Henrik Sundström

Sweden Anders Järryd
Argentina Guillermo Vilas

Switzerland Roland Stadler
Italy Claudio Panatta
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Spain Roberto Vizcaíno

Czechoslovakia Stanislav Birner
United States Blaine Willenborg

6–1, 2–6, 6–3

Sweden Joakim Nyström
Sweden Mats Wilander

Bordeaux Open Bordeaux, France
Clay

Peru Pablo Arraya
7–5, 7–5

Spain Juan Aguilera

Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř
Spain Fernando Luna

Argentina Martín Jaite
Argentina Roberto Argüello
Sweden Stefan Simonsson
Uruguay Diego Pérez

Sweden Stefan Simonsson
Sweden Magnus Tideman

6–4, 6–2

Argentina Francisco Yunis
Argentina Juan Carlos Yunis
San Francisco, USA
Carpet – $200,000 – S32/D16

Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
3–6, 7–6, 6–4

United States John McEnroe

South Africa Kevin Curren
India Ramesh Krishnan

United States Sandy Mayer
United States Tim Mayotte
United States Bill Scanlon
United States Fritz Buehning

United States John McEnroe
United States Peter Fleming

6–1, 6–2

Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
United States Vince Van Patten
25 September

Maui, Hawaii, USA
Hard – $100,000 – S32/D16

United States Scott Davis
6–3, 6–7, 7–6

United States Vince Van Patten

United States Brad Gilbert
United States David Dowlen

Canada Glenn Michibata
United States Marty Davis
United States Tony Giammalva
United States Chip Hooper

United States Steve Meister
United States Tony Giammalva

6–3, 5–7, 6–4

United States Mike Bauer
United States Scott Davis

Davis Cup Semifinals
Sydney, Australia – Grass
Stockholm, Sweden – Carpet (i)
Semifinal Winners
 Australia 4–1
 Sweden 4–1
Semifinal Losers
 France
 Argentina


October


























































































Week of
Tournament
Champion
Runner-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
3 October

Barcelona, Spain
Clay – $200,000 – S64/D32

Sweden Mats Wilander
6–0, 6–3, 6–1

Argentina Guillermo Vilas

Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd

Sweden Jan Gunnarsson
Sweden Anders Järryd
Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek
Spain Juan Aguilera

Sweden Hans Simonsson
Sweden Anders Järryd

7–5, 6–3

United States Jim Gurfein
United States Erick Iskersky

Brisbane, Australia
Carpet – $100,000 – S32/D16

Australia Pat Cash
4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Australia Paul McNamee

United States Brad Gilbert
Australia John Fitzgerald

Australia Simon Youl
Australia John Alexander
United States Mike Leach
United States Matt Mitchell

Australia Paul McNamee
Australia Pat Cash

7–6, 7–6

Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia Kim Warwick
10 October

Basel, Switzerland
Hard – $100,000 – S32/D16

United States Vitas Gerulaitis
4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 5–5, ret.

Poland Wojciech Fibak

Paraguay Víctor Pecci
Switzerland Roland Stadler

Chile Ricardo Acuña
United States Paul Annacone
West Germany Michael Westphal
Sweden Johan Carlsson

Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil

6–1, 3–6, 7–6

Sweden Stefan Edberg
Romania Florin Segărceanu

Tel Aviv Open
Tel Aviv, Israel
Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16

United States Aaron Krickstein
7–6, 6–3

West Germany Christoph Zipf

United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
West Germany Rolf Gehring

Israel Shahar Perkiss
West Germany Jaromir Becka
France Gilles Moretton
United States Richard Meyer

United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
Hungary Zoltán Kuhárszky

6–4, 7–5

West Germany Peter Elter
Austria Peter Feigl

Australian Indoor
Sydney, Australia
Hard

United States John McEnroe
6–1, 6–4, 7–5

France Henri Leconte

United States Chip Hooper
Australia Paul McNamee

Australia John Fitzgerald
Australia John Alexander
United States Peter Rennert
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl

Australia Mark Edmondson
United States Sherwood Stewart

6–2, 6–4

United States John McEnroe
United States Peter Rennert
17 October

Japan Open
Hard

United States Eliot Teltscher
7–6, 3–6, 6–1

Ecuador Andrés Gómez

United States Tom Gullikson
United States Tim Gullikson

India Ramesh Krishnan
France Christophe Roger-Vasselin
Italy Gianni Ocleppo
United States Larry Stefanki

United States Sammy Giammalva
United States Steve Meister

6–4, 6–7, 7–6

United States Tim Gullikson
United States Tom Gullikson

Fischer-Grand Prix
Vienna, Austria
Hard – $100,000 – S32/D16

United States Brian Gottfried
6–2, 6–3, 7–5

United States Mel Purcell

Sweden Stefan Edberg
Sweden Anders Järryd

Netherlands Michiel Schapers
United States Eric Korita
United States Mark Dickson
Austria Peter Feigl

United States Mel Purcell
United States Stan Smith
6–3, 6–4


Brazil Marcos Hocevar
Brazil Cassio Motta
24 October

Cologne, Germany
Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16

United States Matt Doyle
1–6, 6–1, 6–2

West Germany Hans-Dieter Beutel

Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
South Africa Bernard Mitton

West Germany Eric Jelen
United States Nick Saviano
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Marko Ostoja
United States Sandy Mayer

United States Nick Saviano
Romania Florin Segărceanu

6–3, 6–4

United States Paul Annacone
United States Eric Korita

Tokyo Indoor
Tokyo, Japan
Carpet – $300,000 – S32/D16

Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
3–6, 6–3, 6–4

United States Scott Davis

United States Brad Gilbert
United States Jimmy Connors

United States Eliot Teltscher
United States Tom Gullikson
Ecuador Andrés Gómez
Canada Glenn Michibata

Australia Mark Edmondson
United States Sherwood Stewart

6–1, 6–4

United States Steve Denton
Australia John Fitzgerald
31 October

Hong Kong
Hard – $100,000 – S32/D16

Australia Wally Masur
6–2, 7–5

United States Sammy Giammalva

Australia Mark Edmondson
United States Brad Gilbert

United States David Pate
Nigeria Nduka Odizor
United States Marty Davis
Australia Rod Frawley

Australia Craig Miller
United States Drew Gitlin

7–6, 7–5

United States Sammy Giammalva
United States Steve Meister

Stockholm Open
Stockholm, Sweden
Hard

Sweden Mats Wilander
6–1, 7–5

Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd

United States Vitas Gerulaitis
United States Peter Fleming

Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
United States Johan Kriek
United States Brian Gottfried
France Henri Leconte

Sweden Anders Järryd
Sweden Hans Simonsson

7–6, 7–5

United States Johan Kriek
United States Peter Fleming


November





























































Week of
Tournament
Champion
Runner-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
7 November

Taipei, Taiwan
Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16

Nigeria Nduka Odizor
6–4, 3–6, 6–4

United States Scott Davis

United States Brad Gilbert
United States Mike Bauer

United States Tim Gullikson
India Ramesh Krishnan
United States Andy Andrews
Canada Glenn Michibata

Australia Kim Warwick
Australia Wally Masur

7–6, 6–4

United States Ken Flach
United States Robert Seguso

Wembley
London, England
Carpet

United States John McEnroe
7–5, 6–2, 6–1

United States Jimmy Connors

Sweden Anders Järryd
Ecuador Andrés Gómez

United States Steve Denton
United States Gene Mayer
Sweden Henrik Sundström
United States Vitas Gerulaitis

United States John McEnroe
United States Peter Fleming

6–3, 6–4

United States Steve Denton
United States Sherwood Stewart
14 November

Ferrara Open
Ferrara, Italy
Carpet – $75,000 – S32/D16

Sweden Thomas Högstedt
6–4, 6–4

United States Butch Walts

Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
United States John Sadri

South Africa Bernard Mitton
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek
United States Sean Brawley
Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek

South Africa Bernard Mitton
United States Butch Walts
7–6, 0–6, 6–3

Czechoslovakia Stanislav Birner
Sweden Stefan Simonsson
21 November

Bahia, Brazil
Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16

Chile Pedro Rebolledo
6–3, 6–3

Brazil Júlio Góes

Brazil Ivan Kley
Chile Alvaro Fillol

Brazil Carlos Chabalgoity
Brazil Fernando Roese
Brazil Nelson Aerts
Brazil Givaldo Barbosa

Brazil João Soares
Brazil Givaldo Barbosa


Argentina Ricardo Cano
Brazil Thomaz Koch

South African Open
Johannesburg, South Africa
Hard – $300,000 – S32/D16

United States Johan Kriek
6–4, 4–6, 1–6, 7–5, 6–3

United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell

Brazil Cassio Motta
United States Vitas Gerulaitis

Italy Claudio Panatta
United States Brian Teacher
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
United States Tim Gullikson

United States Brian Teacher
United States Steve Meister

6–7, 7–6, 6–2

Ecuador Andrés Gómez
United States Sherwood Stewart

Toulouse, France
Hard – $100,000 – S32/D16

Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
6–0, 6–2

Peru Pablo Arraya

United States Jimmy Brown
Uruguay Diego Pérez

West Germany Jaromir Becka
France Pascal Portes
Netherlands Michiel Schapers
Iran Mansour Bahrami

Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt

5–7, 7–5, 6–4

South Africa Bernard Mitton
United States Butch Walts
29 November

Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia
Grass

Sweden Mats Wilander
6–3, 6–3, 6–2

Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl

United States Tim Mayotte
United States John McEnroe

Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
United States Eliot Teltscher
United States Johan Kriek
Australia Wally Masur

Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia Paul McNamee

6–3, 7–6

United States Steve Denton
United States Sherwood Stewart


December





























Week of
Tournament
Champion
Runner-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
12 December

Sydney Outdoor
Sydney, Australia
Grass – $125,000 – S64/D32

Sweden Joakim Nyström
2–6, 6–3, 6–1

United States Mike Bauer

United States Marty Davis
Australia Pat Cash

Australia Broderick Dyke
Sweden Anders Järryd
United States Lloyd Bourne
United States Robert Seguso

Australia Pat Cash
United States Mike Bauer

7–6, 6–4

Australia Broderick Dyke
Australia Rod Frawley
19 December

South Australian Open
Adelaide, Australia
Grass – $75,000 – S32/D16

United States Mike Bauer
3–6, 6–4, 6–1

Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř

Australia Paul McNamee
Australia Brad Drewett

Australia Chris Lewis
United States Chip Hooper
United States Leif Shiras
Australia Pat Cash

Australia Craig Miller
United States Eric Sherbeck

6–3, 4–6, 6–4

Australia Broderick Dyke
Australia Rod Frawley
26 December

Davis Final
Melbourne, Australia – Grass

 Australia
3–2

 Sweden


January 1984























Week of
Tournament
Champion
Runner-up
Semifinalists
Quarterfinalists
10 January
Benson and Hedges Open
Auckland, New Zealand
Hard – $75,000 – S32/D16

United States Danny Saltz
4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4

United States Chip Hooper

Australia Brad Drewett
United States Larry Stefanki

New Zealand Chris Lewis
New Zealand Steve Guy
Australia John Alexander
New Zealand Russell Simpson

South Africa Brian Levine
United States John Van Nostrand

7–5, 6–2

Australia Brad Drewett
United States Chip Hooper

Volvo Masters
New York, USA
Carpet – $400,000 – S12/D6

United States John McEnroe
6–3, 6–4, 6–4

Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl

Sweden Mats Wilander
United States Jimmy Connors

Spain José Higueras
United States Johan Kriek
CzechoslovakiaTomáš Šmíd
Ecuador Andrés Gómez

United States John McEnroe
United States Peter Fleming

6–2, 6–2

Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd


Grand Prix rankings




































































As of 1 January 1983
Rk
Name
Nation
1

John McEnroe

United States
2

Jimmy Connors

United States
3

Ivan Lendl

Czechoslovakia
4

Guillermo Vilas

Argentina
5

Vitas Gerulaitis

United States
6

José Luis Clerc

Argentina
7

Mats Wilander

Sweden
8

Gene Mayer

United States
9

Yannick Noah

France
10

Peter McNamara

Australia
11

José Higueras

Spain
12

Johan Kriek

South Africa
13

Steve Denton

United States
14

Eliot Teltscher

United States
15

Andrés Gómez

Ecuador
16

Sandy Mayer

United States
17

Kevin Curren

South Africa
18

Brian Teacher

United States
19

Buster Mottram

United Kingdom
20

Jimmy Arias

United States




















































































































































Year-end rankings (December 1983)
Rk
Name
Nation
Points
High
Low
Change
1

John McEnroe

United States




Steady =
2

Ivan Lendl

Czechoslovakia




Increase +1
3

Jimmy Connors

United States




Decrease –1
4

Mats Wilander

Sweden




Increase +3
5

Yannick Noah

France




Increase +4
6

Jimmy Arias

United States




Increase +14
7

José Higueras

Spain




Increase +14
8

José Luis Clerc

Argentina




Decrease –2
9

Kevin Curren

South Africa




Increase +8
10

Gene Mayer

United States




Decrease –2
11

Guillermo Vilas

Argentina




Decrease –7
12

Bill Scanlon

United States




Increase +59
13

Eliot Teltscher

United States




Increase +1
14

Andrés Gómez

Ecuador




Increase +1
15

Johan Kriek

United States




Decrease –3
16

Tim Mayotte

United States




Increase +13
17

Tomáš Šmíd

Czechoslovakia




Increase +6
18

Sandy Mayer

United States




Decrease –2
19

Anders Järryd

Sweden




Increase +41
20

Vitas Gerulaitis

United States




Decrease –15


List of tournament winners


The list of winners and number of Grand Prix titles won, alphabetically by last name:



  • Australia John Alexander (1) Auckland


  • Argentina Roberto Argüello (1) Venice


  • Peru Pablo Arraya (1) Bordeaux


  • United States Jimmy Arias (4) Florence, Rome, Indianapolis, Palermo


  • United States Mike Bauer (1) Adelaide


  • Australia Pat Cash (1) Brisbane,


  • Argentina José Luis Clerc (4) Guarujá, Boston, Washington, D.C., North Conway


  • United States Jimmy Connors (4) Memphis, Las Vegas, Queen's Club, US Open


  • United States Marty Davis (1) Cleveland


  • United States Scott Davis (1) Maui


  • Australia Brad Drewett (1) South Orange


  • United States Matt Doyle (1) Cologne


  • Australia John Fitzgerald (2) Newport, Stowe


  • United States Vitas Gerulaitis (1) Basel


  • United States Sammy Giammalva (1) Monterrey


  • Ecuador Andrés Gómez (1) Dallas


  • United States Brian Gottfried (1) Vienna


  • Switzerland Heinz Günthardt (1) Toulouse


  • Spain José Higueras (3) La Quinta, Bournemouth, Stuttgart Outdoor


  • Sweden Thomas Högstedt (1) Ferrara


  • United States Aaron Krickstein (1) Tel Aviv


  • United States Johan Kriek (3) Tampa, Bristol, Johannesburg


  • Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (8) Masters, Detroit WCT, Milan, Houston WCT, Hilton Head WCT, Montreal, San Francisco, Tokyo Indoor


  • Australia Wally Masur (1) Hong Kong


  • United States Gene Mayer (2) Rotterdam, Los Angeles


  • United States Sandy Mayer (1) Gstaad


  • United States John McEnroe (6) Philadelphia, Dallas WCT, Wimbledon, Forest Hills WCT, Sydney Indoor, Wembley


  • Australia Peter McNamara (1) Brussels


  • France Yannick Noah (3) Madrid, Hamburg, French Open


  • Sweden Joakim Nyström (1) Sydney Outdoor


  • Nigeria Nduka Odizor (1) Taiwan


  • Paraguay Víctor Pecci (1) Viña del Mar


  • Mexico Raúl Ramírez (1) Caracas


  • Chile Pedro Rebolledo (1) Bahia


  • United States Nick Saviano (1) Nancy


  • Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd (2) Munich, Hilversum


  • Sweden Henrik Sundström (1) Nice


  • United States Brian Teacher (2) Munich WCT, Columbus


  • United States Eliot Teltscher (1) Tokyo Outdoor


  • Argentina Guillermo Vilas (3) Richmond WCT, Delray Beach WCT, Kitzbüjel


  • Sweden Mats Wilander (9) Monte Carlo, Lisbon, Aix-en-Provence, Båstad, Cincinnati, Geneva, Barcelona, Stockholm, Australian Open

The following players won their first title in 1983:



  • Argentina Roberto Argüello Venice


  • Peru Pablo Arraya Bordeaux


  • United States Marty Davis Cleveland


  • United States Scott Davis Maui


  • United States Matt Doyle Cologne


  • Sweden Thomas Högstedt Ferrara


  • United States Aaron Krickstein Tel Aviv


  • Australia Wally Masur Hong Kong


  • Sweden Joakim Nyström Sydney Outdoor


  • Nigeria Nduka Odizor Taiwan


  • United States Nick Saviano Nancy


  • Sweden Henrik Sundström Nice


See also


  • 1983 World Championship Tennis circuit

  • 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series


Further reading



  • Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0. 


Notes




  1. ^ John McEnroe was the ATP points leader with a points average of 129.92, calculated over all tournaments with at least $25,000 prize money, a 32-player singles draw, and a merit-based entry system.




References





External links


  • ATP Archive 1983: Volvo Grand Prix Tournaments

  • History Mens Professional Tours








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