Doubles | |
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1983 Edgbaston Cup | |
1982 Champions | Jo Durie Anne Hobbs |
Champions | Billie Jean King Sharon Walsh |
Runners-up | Beverly Mould Elizabeth Sayers |
Score | 6–2, 6–3 |
Jo Durie and Anne Hobbs of Great Britain were the defending champions, but neither player returned to compete in the doubles in the 1983 tournament.
Billie Jean King and Sharon Walsh won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Beverly Mould and Elizabeth Sayers.
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
6 | Evonne Cawley Rosalyn Fairbank | 7 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||
3 | Billie Jean King Sharon Walsh | 5 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
3 | Billie Jean King Sharon Walsh | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
8 | Beverly Mould Elizabeth Sayers | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
8 | Beverly Mould Elizabeth Sayers | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
Elise Burgin Alycia Moulton | 3 | 4 |
First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | R Casals H Mandlíková | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
K Latham K Steinmetz | 7 | 7 | K Latham K Steinmetz | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C Jexell S Margolin | 2 | 6 | 8 | A Leand S Mascarin | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Leand S Mascarin | 6 | 1 | 10 | A Leand S Mascarin | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
C O'Neil P Whytcross | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | E Cawley R Fairbank | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
B Remilton N Sato | 2 | 6 | 3 | C O'Neil P Whytcross | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
P Casale K Sands | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | E Cawley R Fairbank | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | E Cawley R Fairbank | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | E Cawley R Fairbank | 7 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | B J King S Walsh | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | B J King S Walsh | 5 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
S Collins Z Garrison | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | B J King S Walsh | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
R Blount L Romanov | 3 | 2 | D Jarrett A Tobin | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
D Jarrett A Tobin | 6 | 6 | 3 | B J King S Walsh | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
T Lewis S McInerney | 6 | 1 | S Leo S Simmonds | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S Leo S Simmonds | 7 | 6 | S Leo S Simmonds | 7 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
C Benjamin C Vanier | 6 | 1 | 7 | C Benjamin C Vanier | 6 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | S Barker W White | 3 | 6 | 5 |
First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | B Mould E Sayers | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
J Mundel R Uys | 1 | 5 | 8 | B Mould E Sayers | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
J Davis H Ludloff | 7 | 4 | 6 | J Davis H Ludloff | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
R Giscafré C Monteiro | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | B Mould E Sayers | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
I Kloss P Teeguarden | 4 | 6 | S Acker L Forood | 4 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
D Fromholtz B Stöve | 6 | 7 | D Fromholtz B Stöve | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S Acker L Forood | 6 | 6 | S Acker L Forood | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | L Antonoplis B Jordan | 3 | 4 | 8 | B Mould E Sayers | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | K Jordan B Nagelsen | 6 | 6 | E Burgin A Moulton | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
A Brown R Einy | 1 | 0 | 5 | K Jordan B Nagelsen | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
A-M Fernandez B Herr | 3 | 2 | B Hallquist A White | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
B Hallquist A White | 6 | 6 | B Hallquist A White | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
C Jolissaint M Mesker | 6 | 5 | 5 | E Burgin A Moulton | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Y Vermaak N Yeargin | 3 | 7 | 7 | Y Vermaak N Yeargin | 6 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
E Burgin A Moulton | 6 | 3 | 9 | E Burgin A Moulton | 7 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | A Kiyomura P Smith | 4 | 6 | 7 |
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