1982 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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1982 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date18 – 24 26 October
Edition5th
Category Toyota Series (Category 4)
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$125,000
Surface Carpet / indoor
Location Filderstadt, West Germany
VenueTennis Sporthalle Filderstadt
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver
  1981  · Women's Stuttgart Open ·  1983  

The 1982 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's singles tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Tennis Sporthalle Filderstadt in Filderstadt in West Germany. The event was part of the Category 4 [lower-alpha 1] tier of the 1982 Toyota Series. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from 18 October through 24 October 1982. [2] First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles event and the accompanying $22,000 first-prize money. [2] [1]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova defeated Flag of the United States.svg Tracy Austin 6–3, 6–3

Doubles

Flag of the United States.svg Martina Navratilova / Flag of the United States.svg Pam Shriver defeated Flag of the United States.svg Candy Reynolds / Flag of the United States.svg Anne Smith 6–2, 6–3

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32
Singles [2] $22,000$11,000$5,775$2,800$1,450$725

Notes

  1. Tournaments with prize money for the women of at least $125,000. [1]

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