Details | |
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Duration | 4 January – 19 December 1982 |
Edition | 10th |
Tournaments | 50 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships (3) Avon Championships (11) Toyota Series (29) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Martina Navratilova (15) |
Most tournament finals | Martina Navratilova (17) |
Prize money leader | Martina Navratilova ($1,475,055) |
Points leader | Martina Navratilova (19.165) |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Martina Navratilova |
Doubles team of the year | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
Most improved player of the year | Sabina Simmonds |
Newcomer of the year | Zina Garrison |
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The 1982 WTA Tour was the 10th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on 4 January 1982, and concluded on 19 December 1982, after 36 events. The WTA Tour was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The tour consistent of two major circuits, the Avon Championships World Championship Series and the Toyota Series. It included the four Grand Slam tournaments and a series of other events. ITF tournaments were not part of the tour, although they awarded points for the WTA World Ranking.
The table below shows the 1982 WTA Tour schedule.
Grand Slam tournaments |
WTA Championships |
Avon Championships Circuit |
Toyota Series |
Team events |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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13 Sep | TV Tokyo Open Tokyo, Japan Toyota Series (Category 5) Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 16S Singles | Bettina Bunge 7–6(7–4), 6–2 | Barbara Potter | Sandy Collins Hana Mandlíková | Wendy Turnbull Mima Jaušovec Pam Casale Bonnie Gadusek |
27 Sep | U.S. Women's Indoor Championships Philadelphia, United States Toyota Series (Category 4) Carpet (i) – $125,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles | Barbara Potter 6–4, 6–2 | Pam Shriver | Tracy Austin Wendy Turnbull | Camille Benjamin Susan Mascarin Mima Jaušovec Wendy White |
Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh |
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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6 Dec | Central Fidelity Banks International Richmond, Virginia, United States Toyota Series (Category 5) Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles | Wendy Turnbull 6–7, 6–4, 6–2 | Tracy Austin | Leigh-Anne Thompson Jennifer Russell | Bonnie Gadusek Virginia Ruzici Mima Jaušovec Mary Lou Daniels |
Rosie Casals Candy Reynolds 6–3, 6–4 | Jennifer Russell Virginia Ruzici | ||||
13 Dec | Toyota Series Championships East Rutherford, United States WTA Championships Hard (i) – $300,000 – 12S/6D Singles – Doubles | Martina Navratilova 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 | Chris Evert-Lloyd | Hana Mandlíková Tracy Austin | Wendy Turnbull Barbara Potter Andrea Jaeger Pam Shriver |
Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver 6–4, 7–5 | Candy Reynolds Paula Smith |
Below are the 1982 WTA year-end rankings (December 20, 1982) in singles competition:
Singles Year-end Ranking [1] | ||||
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No | Player Name | Points | 1981 | Change |
1 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | 19.165 | 3 | +2 |
2 | Chris Evert-Lloyd (USA) | 17.526 | 1 | -1 |
3 | Andrea Jaeger (USA) | 12.856 | 4 | +1 |
4 | Tracy Austin (USA) | 10.403 | 2 | -2 |
5 | Wendy Turnbull (AUS) | 9.783 | 8 | +3 |
6 | Pam Shriver (USA) | 9.156 | 7 | +1 |
7 | Hana Mandlíková (TCH) | 9.003 | 5 | -2 |
8 | Barbara Potter (USA) | 8.699 | 10 | +2 |
9 | Bettina Bunge (FRG) | 8.496 | 9 | = |
10 | Sylvia Hanika (FRG) | 8.260 | 6 | -4 |
11 | Virginia Ruzici (ROU) | 7.527 | 12 | +1 |
12 | Mima Jaušovec (YUG) | 7.097 | 11 | -1 |
13 | Anne Smith (USA) | 6.966 | 16 | +3 |
14 | Billie Jean King (USA) | 6.974 | NR | NR |
15 | Kathy Rinaldi (USA) | 6.593 | 33 | +18 |
16 | Zina Garrison (USA) | 6.343 | NR | NR |
17 | Rosalyn Fairbank (RSA) | 6.218 | 43 | +26 |
18 | Bonnie Gadusek (USA) | 5.956 | 25 | +7 |
19 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (FRG) | 5.856 | 20 | +1 |
20 | Andrea Leand (USA) | 5.677 | NR | NR |
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