1983 Donnay Indoor Championships

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1983 Donnay Indoor Championships
Date7–13 March
Edition3rd
Category Grand Prix
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
Surface Carpet / indoor
Location Brussels, Belgium
Champions
Singles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter McNamara [1]
Doubles
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Heinz Günthardt / Flag of Hungary.svg Balázs Taróczy [2]
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The 1983 Donnay Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Brussels in Belgium the event was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix. The tournament was held from 7 March through 13 March 1983. Fifth-seeded Peter McNamara defeated Ivan Lendl in the final of the singles event, despite trailing 4–5 and 0–30 on Lendl's serve, to win the title and the accompanying $50,000 first-prize money. [3] [4]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter McNamara defeated Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ivan Lendl, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6

Doubles

Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Heinz Günthardt / Flag of Hungary.svg Balázs Taróczy defeated Flag of Sweden.svg Hans Simonsson / Flag of Sweden.svg Mats Wilander, 6–2, 6–4

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