1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series

1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series

Martina Navratilova finished the year as world No. 1 for the fourth time in her career. She won 18 singles tournaments during the season, including three majors at the Wimbledon Championships, the US Open, and the Australian Open, as well as the Virginia Slims Championships.
Details
Duration	3 January 1983 – 4 March 1984
Edition	11th
Tournaments	64
Categories	Grand Slam (4) WTA Championships (2) Category 4 Category 3 Category 2 Category 1+ Category 1
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Martina Navratilova (18)
Most finals	Martina Navratilova (19)
Prize money leader	Martina Navratilova ($1,456,030)
Points leader	Martina Navratilova (19.606)
Awards
Player of the year	Martina Navratilova
Doubles team of the year	Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver
Most improved player of the year	Andrea Temesvári
Newcomer of the year	Carling Bassett
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The 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the 11th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 3, 1983, and concluded on March 4, 1984, after 64 events. ^[1]

The Virginia Slims World Championship Series was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was the first unified global women's circuit in the Open Era and featured tournaments that had previously been part of the Toyota Series and the Avon Series. ^[2] The circuit consisted of 48 tournaments in nine countries, including the four Grand Slam tournaments, and culminated in the season-ending Virginia Slims Championships played in February 1984. ITF tournaments were not part of the tour, although they awarded points for the WTA World Ranking.

Martina Navratilova was the most successful player in both singles and doubles across the season. She won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in singles, with Chris Evert-Lloyd winning the French Open. In doubles, Navratilova again won all the Grand Slams apart from the French Open, which was collected by Rosalyn Fairbank and Candy Reynolds; Pam Shriver was her partner in all the Grand Slam events. Navratilova won a total of 29 titles in the course of the year and only suffered one defeat in singles, against Kathy Horvath at the French Open. ^[3] This led to her beginning and ending the year as the WTA number 1. ^[1] Shriver was her closest challenger with 16 titles, including 14 in doubles events. Players from the United States won 74 of the 125 titles awarded in singles, doubles and mixed doubles; players from Brazil, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Netherlands and Switzerland each won a solitary title.

Tour changes

Avon, who had been the sponsors of the January to March U.S. winter circuit of the WTA Tour since 1978, announced in 1982 that they would be trimming back their sponsorship of the tour. ^{[4] [5]} Toyota, who sponsored the international tour for the remaining nine months of the season, also withdrew their support. ^[6] The 1983 season saw Virginia Slims returning to sponsor a unified worldwide tour after an absence of four years. The company sponsored events between 1970 and 1978 but withdrew their support following disagreements with the organisers of the WTA Tour, the Women's Tennis Association. However the company decided to associate themselves with the women's tennis circuit again in 1983. ^[1] The tour was therefore known as the Virginia Slims World Championship Series, with 18 events including the US Open held in the United States and a further 12 events in six other countries incorporated under the Virginia Slims brand in a merged season. ^[2]

Season summary

Singles

World number-one singles player Martina Navratilova, who had won 90 out of 93 matches the previous year, began the 1983 season in great form, winning successive titles in Washington and Houston, defeating Sylvia Hanika in the final on both occasions. ^[1] The third best player in the world, Andrea Jaeger, won the tournament at Marco Island in Florida; Chris Evert-Lloyd, the world number two, took the title at Palm Beach, also in Florida.

Schedule

The table below shows the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series schedule.

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Year-end championships

Category 4 events

Category 3 events

Category 2 events

Category 1+ and 1 events

Team events

January

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Jan	Virginia Slims of Washington Washington, United States Category 3 Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Martina Navratilova 6–1, 6–1	Sylvia Hanika	Mary Lou Piatek   Andrea Jaeger	Helena Suková   Barbara Potter   Hana Mandlíková   JoAnne Russell
		Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver 4–6, 7–5, 6–3	Kathy Jordan   Anne Smith
10 Jan	Virginia Slims of Houston Houston, United States Category 3 Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D/32Q Singles – Doubles	Martina Navratilova 6–3, 7–6(7–5)	Sylvia Hanika	Tracy Austin   Eva Pfaff	Bettina Bunge   Anne Smith   Pam Shriver   Zina Garrison
		Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver 6–4, 6–3	Jo Durie   Barbara Potter
24 Jan	Avon Cup Marco Island, United States Category 2 Clay – $100,000 – 56S/28D Singles – Doubles	Andrea Jaeger 6–1, 6–3	Hana Mandlíková	Andrea Temesvári   Michelle Casati	Dianne Balestrat   Virginia Ruzici   Zina Garrison   Kathy Rinaldi
		Andrea Jaeger   Mary Lou Piatek 7–5, 6–4	Rosie Casals   Wendy Turnbull
31 Jan	Murjani Cup Palm Beach Gardens, United States Category 3 Clay – $150,000 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	Chris Evert-Lloyd 6–3, 6–3	Andrea Jaeger	Wendy Turnbull   Hana Mandlíková	Andrea Temesvári   Iva Budařová   Rosalyn Fairbank   Zina Garrison
		Barbara Potter   Sharon Walsh 6–4, 4–6, 6–2	Kathy Jordan   Paula Smith

February

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Feb	Virginia Slims of Indianapolis Indianapolis, United States Ginny Circuit – Category 1+ Hard (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D/64Q Singles – Doubles	Anne Hobbs 6–4, 6–7, 6–4	Ginny Purdy	Yvonne Vermaak   Iva Budařová	Candy Reynolds   Christiane Jolissaint   Catarina Lindqvist   Peanut Louie
		Lea Antonoplis   Barbara Jordan 5–7, 6–4, 7–5	Rosalyn Fairbank   Candy Reynolds
14 Feb	Virginia Slims of Chicago Chicago, United States Category 3 Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–2	Andrea Jaeger	Pam Shriver Tracy Austin	Marcella Mesker Bettina Bunge Wendy Turnbull Eva Pfaff
		Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver 6–1, 6–2	Kathy Jordan   Anne Smith
	Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania Hershey, United States Ginny Circuit – Category 1+ Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Carling Bassett 2–6, 6–0, 6–4	Sandy Collins	Anne White Julie Harrington	Catrin Jexell Beverly Mould Peanut Louie Lea Antonoplis
		Beverly Mould   Elizabeth Sayers 7–6, 4–6, 7–5	Rosalyn Fairbank   Susan Leo
21 Feb	Ridgewood Open Ridgewood, United States Ginny Circuit – Category 1+ Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Alycia Moulton 6–4, 6–2	Catrin Jexell	Laura Arraya Marcella Mesker	Corinne Vanier Susan Leo Lena Sandin Petra Delhees
		Lea Antonoplis   Barbara Jordan 6–3, 6–4	Sherry Acker   Ann Henricksson
	Virginia Slims of California Oakland, United States Category 3 Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Bettina Bunge 6–3, 6–3	Sylvia Hanika	Andrea Temesvári Wendy Turnbull	Tracy Austin Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Anne Smith Pam Shriver
		Claudia Kohde-Kilsch   Eva Pfaff 6–4, 4–6, 6–4	Rosemary Casals   Wendy Turnbull
28 Feb	Congoleum Classic Palm Springs, United States Category 1 Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Yvonne Vermaak 6–3, 7–5	Carling Bassett	Kathy Jordan Michelle Torres	Hana Mandlíková Kathy Rinaldi Wendy White Sylvia Hanika
		Kathy Jordan   Ann Kiyomura 6–2, 6–4	Dianne Fromholtz   Betty Stöve
	Virginia Slims of Nashville Nashville, United States Ginny Circuit – Category 1+ Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Kathleen Horvath 6–4, 6–3	Marcela Skuherská	Sherry Acker Patricia Hy	Iva Budařová   Vicki Nelson Dunbar   Kim Sands   Jenny Klitch
		Rosalyn Fairbank   Candy Reynolds 6–4, 7–6	Alycia Moulton   Paula Smith

March

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Mar	Virginia Slims of Dallas Dallas, United States Category 3 Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Martina Navratilova 6–4, 6–0	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Bettina Bunge   Pam Shriver	Hana Mandlíková   Wendy Turnbull   Jo Durie   Sylvia Hanika
		Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver 6–3, 6–2	Rosie Casals   Wendy Turnbull
	Pittsburgh Open Pittsburgh, United States Ginny Circuit – Category 1+ Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Ginny Purdy 6–2, 7–5	Cláudia Monteiro	Betsy Nagelsen   Amy Holton	Pilar Vásquez   Gretchen Magers   Beth Norton   Candy Reynolds
		Candy Reynolds   Paula Smith 6–3, 6–2	Iwona Kuczyńska   Trey Lewis
14 Mar	Virginia Slims of Boston Boston, United States Category 3 Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Wendy Turnbull 4–6, 3–6, 6–4	Sylvia Hanika	Billie Jean King   Tracy Austin	Kathleen Horvath   Wendy White   Barbara Potter   Betsy Nagelsen
		Jo Durie   Ann Kiyomura 6–1, 6–2	Kathy Jordan   Anne Smith
21 Mar	Virginia Slims Championships New York City, United States Carpet (i) – $350,000 – 16S/6D Singles – Doubles	Martina Navratilova 6–2, 6–0	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Billie Jean King   Sylvia Hanika	Pam Shriver   Tracy Austin   Barbara Potter   Bettina Bunge
		Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver 7–5, 6–2	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch   Eva Pfaff
28 Mar	Bridgestone Doubles Championships Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 8D Doubles	Billie Jean King Sharon Walsh 6–1, 6–1	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	Kiyomura / Smith   Allen /   Jaušovec	Antonoplis / Jordan   Hobbs /   Leo   Medrado /   Monteiro   Casals / Turnbull

April

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Apr	Family Circle Cup Hilton Head Island, United States Category 4 Clay – $200,000 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	Martina Navratilova 5–7, 6–1, 6–0	Tracy Austin	Bettina Bunge   Andrea Jaeger	Andrea Temesvári   Sylvia Hanika   Manuela Maleeva   Virginia Ruzici
		Martina Navratilova   Candy Reynolds 7–5, 6–2	Andrea Jaeger   Paula Smith
11 Apr	Murjani WTA Championships Amelia Island, United States Category 4 Clay – $250,000 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	Chris Evert-Lloyd 6–3, 2–6, 7–5	Carling Bassett	Hana Mandlíková   Kathy Rinaldi	Sylvia Hanika   Michelle Casati   Bettina Bunge   Raffaella Reggi
		Rosalyn Fairbank   Candy Reynolds 6–4, 6–2	Hana Mandlíková   Virginia Ruzici
18 Apr	United Airlines Tournament of Champions Orlando, United States Category 4 Clay – $200,000 – 22S/8D Singles – Doubles	Martina Navratilova 6–1, 7–5	Andrea Jaeger	Hana Mandlíková   Wendy Turnbull	Yvonne Vermaak   Billie Jean King   Barbara Potter   Virginia Ruzici
		Billie Jean King   Anne Smith 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(11–9)	Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver
25 Apr	Virginia Slims of Atlanta Atlanta, United States Category 3 Hard – $150,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Pam Shriver 6–2, 6–0	Kathy Jordan	Anne White   Wendy Turnbull	Lele Forood   Kim Steinmetz   Anne Smith   Andrea Leand
		Alycia Moulton   Sharon Walsh 6–3, 7–6	Rosie Casals   Wendy Turnbull

May

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 May	Italian Open Perugia, Italy Category 3 Clay – $150,000 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	Andrea Temesvári 6–1, 6–0	Bonnie Gadusek	Kathleen Horvath   Kathy Rinaldi	Christiane Jolissaint   Jo Durie   Helena Suková   Laura Arraya
		Virginia Ruzici   Virginia Wade 6–3, 2–6, 6–1	Ivanna Madruga-Osses   Catherine Tanvier
9 May	Swiss Open Lugano, Switzerland Category 2 Clay – $100,000 – 64S/32D	The singles event was cancelled after the third round due to rain. [7] [A]
		Christiane Jolissaint   Marcella Mesker 6–2, 3–6, 7–5	Petra Delhees   Patricia Medrado
16 May	German Open West Berlin, West Germany Category 3 Clay – $150,000 – 56S/29D	Chris Evert-Lloyd 6–4, 7–6(7–3)	Kathleen Horvath	Helena Suková   Andrea Jaeger	Pam Casale   Sylvia Hanika   Bettina Bunge   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
		Jo Durie   Anne Hobbs 6–4, 7–6(7–2)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff
23 May	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay – $625,000 – 128S/64Q/64D/48X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Chris Evert-Lloyd 6–1, 6–2	Mima Jaušovec	Jo Durie Andrea Jaeger	Kathleen Horvath Tracy Austin Gretchen Magers Hana Mandlíková
		Rosalyn Fairbank   Candy Reynolds 5–7, 7–5, 6–3	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith
		Barbara Jordan   Eliot Teltscher 6–2, 6–3	Leslie Allen Charles Buzz Strode

June

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Jun	Edgbaston Cup Birmingham, Great Britain Category 2 Grass – $100,000 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	Billie Jean King 6–3, 7–5	Alycia Moulton	Anne White   Zina Garrison	Elizabeth Sayers   Yvonne Vermaak   Nancy Yeargin   Sharon Walsh
		Billie Jean King   Sharon Walsh 5–7, 6–4, 7–5	Beverly Mould   Elizabeth Sayers
13 Jun	BMW Championships Eastbourne, Great Britain Category 3 Grass – $150,000 – 64S/32D	Martina Navratilova 6–1, 6–1	Wendy Turnbull	Zina Garrison   Tracy Austin	Jo Durie   Bettina Bunge   Beth Herr   Andrea Jaeger
		Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver 6–1, 6–0	Jo Durie   Anne Hobbs
20 Jun	Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – $670,000 – 128S/64Q/56D/56X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Martina Navratilova 6–0, 6–3	Andrea Jaeger	Yvonne Vermaak Billie Jean King	Jennifer Mundel-Reinbold Virginia Wade Barbara Potter Kathy Jordan
		Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver 6–2, 6–2	Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull
		Wendy Turnbull   John Lloyd 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–5	Billie Jean King Steve Denton

July

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Jul	Fila European Cup Hittfeld Hamburg, West Germany Category 2 Clay – $100,000 – 32S/16D	Andrea Temesvári 6–4, 6–2	Eva Pfaff	Petra Huber   Ivanna Madruga-Osses	Beth Herr   Laura Arraya   Petra Jauch-Delhees   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
		Bettina Bunge   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 7–5, 6–4	Ivanna Madruga-Osses   Catherine Tanvier
11 Jul	Virginia Slims Hall of Fame Classic Newport, United States Category 2 Grass – $100,000 – 32S/16D/16Q	Alycia Moulton 6–3, 6–2	Kim Shaefer	Pam Shriver   Terry Holladay	Louise Allen   Sherry Acker   Tina Mochizuki   Anna-Maria Fernandez
		Barbara Potter   Pam Shriver 6–3, 6–1	Barbara Jordan   Elizabeth Sayers
18 Jul	Federation Cup Zürich, Switzerland Team event Clay	Czechoslovakia 2–1	West Germany	United States    Switzerland	Yugoslavia   Argentina   Australia   Great Britain
	Head Cup Kitzbühel, Austria Non-tour event Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D	Pascale Paradis 3–6, 6–3, 6–2	Petra Huber	Lena Sandin   Dana Gilbert	Nathalie Phan-Thanh   Sue Barker   JoAnne Russell   Yvona Brzáková
		Chris Newton   Pam Whytcross 2–6, 6–4, 7–6	Nathalie Herreman   Pascale Paradis

August

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Aug	U.S. Clay Court Championships Indianapolis, United States Category 4 Clay – $200,000 – 56S/32D Singles – Doubles	Andrea Temesvári 6–2, 6–2	Zina Garrison	Virginia Ruzici   Kathy Rinaldi	Kathleen Horvath   Bonnie Gadusek   Ivanna Madruga-Osses   Manuela Maleeva
		Kathleen Horvath   Virginia Ruzici 7–5, 6–4	Gigi Fernández   Beth Herr
8 Aug	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles Manhattan Beach, United States Category 3 Hard – $150,000 – 56S/32D	Martina Navratilova 6–1, 6–3	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Pam Shriver   Kate Latham	Wendy White   Alycia Moulton   Elise Burgin   Jo Durie
		Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver 6–1, 6–0	Betsy Nagelsen   Virginia Ruzici
15 Aug	Player's Canadian Open Toronto, Canada Category 4 Hard – $200,000 – 56S/32D/32Q	Martina Navratilova 6–4, 4–6, 6–1	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Hana Mandlíková   Elise Burgin	Kathleen Horvath   Andrea Jaeger   Kathy Jordan   Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
		Anne Hobbs   Andrea Jaeger 6–4, 5–7, 7–5	Rosalyn Fairbank   Candy Reynolds
22 Aug	Virginia Slims of New Jersey Mahwah, United States Category 2 Hard – $125,000 – 56S/32D	Jo Durie 2–6, 7–5, 6–4	Hana Mandlíková	Barbara Potter   Camille Benjamin	Helena Suková   Iva Budařová   Rosalyn Fairbank   Virginia Ruzici
		Jo Durie   Sharon Walsh 4–6, 7–5, 6–3	Rosalyn Fairbank   Candy Reynolds
29 Aug	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $800,000 – 128S/64Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed doubles	Martina Navratilova 6–1, 6–3	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Pam Shriver Jo Durie	Sylvia Hanika Andrea Jaeger Ivanna Madruga-Osses Hana Mandlíková
		Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver 6–7, 6–1, 6–3	Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds
		Elizabeth Sayers   John Fitzgerald 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Barbara Potter Ferdi Taygan

September

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
12 Sep	Queen's Grand Prix Tokyo, Japan Category 3 Carpet (i) – $175,000 – 28S	Lisa Bonder 6–2, 5–7, 6–1	Andrea Jaeger	Kathleen Horvath Alycia Moulton	Beth Herr Anne Hobbs Leigh-Anne Thompson Vicki Nelson Dunbar
	Virginia Slims of Utah Salt Lake City, United States Ginny Circuit – Category 1+ Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D	Yvonne Vermaak 6–2, 0–6, 7–5	Felicia Raschiatore	Paula Smith Lilian Drescher	Sara Gomer   Kate Latham Elizabeth Minter Cláudia Monteiro
		Cláudia Monteiro   Yvonne Vermaak 6–1, 3–6, 6–4	Amanda Brown   Brenda Remilton
19 Sep	Central Fidelity Banks International Richmond, United States Category 3 Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D	Rosalyn Fairbank 6–4, 5–7, 6–4	Kathy Jordan	Barbara Potter Wendy White	Mary Lou Piatek Kim Sands Bobbie Gadusek Camille Benjamin
		Rosalyn Fairbank   Candy Reynolds 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–1	Kathy Jordan   Barbara Potter
	Virginia Slims of Kansas Kansas City, U.S. Ginny Circuit – Category 1+ Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D	Elizabeth Sayers 6–3, 6–1	Anne Minter	Sue Barker Barbara Gerken	Molly Van Nostrand Maeve Quinlan Lori McNeil Chris O'Neil
		Sandy Collins   Elizabeth Sayers 7–5, 7–6	Chris O'Neil   Brenda Remilton
26 Sep	US Indoors Hartford, United States Category 3 Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D	Kim Shaefer 6–4, 6–3	Sylvia Hanika	Wendy Turnbull Pam Shriver	Carling Bassett Rosalyn Fairbank Zina Garrison Leslie Allen
		Billie Jean King   Sharon Walsh 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Kathy Jordan   Barbara Potter
	Bakersfield Open Bakersfield, United States Ginny Circuit – Category 1+ Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D	Jennifer Mundel-Reinbold 6–4, 6–1	Julie Harrington	Lori McNeil Pilar Vásquez	Lea Antonoplis Ann Henricksson Debbie Spence Lena Sandin
		Kyle Copeland   Lori McNeil 6–4, 6–3	Ann Henricksson   Pat Medrado

October

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Octr	Virginia Slims of Detroit Detroit, United States Category 3 Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D	Virginia Ruzici 4–6, 6–4, 6–2	Kathy Jordan	Sharon Walsh Zina Garrison	Barbara Potter Wendy Turnbull Hana Mandlíková   Sylvia Hanika
		Kathy Jordan   Barbara Potter 6–4, 6–1	Rosie Casals   Wendy Turnbull
10 Oct	Borden Classic Tokyo, Japan Category 1 Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D	Lisa Bonder 6–1, 6–3	Laura Arraya	Etsuko Inoue Micki Schillig	Shelley Solomon Kumiko Okamoto Masako Yanagi Tina Mochizuki
		Chris O'Neil   Pam Whytcross 5–7, 7–6, 6–3	Brenda Remilton   Naoko Satō
	Florida Federal Open Tampa, United States Category 3 Hard – $150,000 – 32S/16D	Martina Navratilova 6–3, 6–2	Pam Shriver	Zina Garrison Kathy Rinaldi	Bonnie Gadusek Debbie Spence Elise Burgin Raffaella Reggi
		Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver 6–0, 6–1	Bonnie Gadusek   Wendy White
17 Oct	Daihatsu Challenge Brighton, Great Britain Category 3 Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D	Chris Evert-Lloyd 6–1, 6–1	Jo Durie	Andrea Temesvári Pam Shriver	Catherine Tanvier Marie-Christine Calleja Ann Kiyomura Sue Barker
		Chris Evert-Lloyd   Pam Shriver 7–5, 6–4	Jo Durie   Ann Kiyomura
	Japan Open Tennis Championships Tokyo, Japan Category 1 Hard – $50,000 – S/D	Etsuko Inoue 7–5, 6–2	Shelley Solomon	Myriam Schropp Betsy Nagelsen	Masako Yanagi Emiko Okagawa Tina Mochizuki Kathy O'Brien
		Chris O'Neil   Pam Whytcross 6–3, 7–5	Helena Manset   Micki Schillig
24 Oct	Porsche Classic Stuttgart, West Germany Category 3 Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D	Martina Navratilova 6–1, 6–2	Catherine Tanvier	Eva Pfaff Virginia Ruzici	Jo Durie Andrea Temesvári Catrin Jexell Helena Suková
		Martina Navratilova   Candy Reynolds 6–2, 6–1	Virginia Ruzici   Catherine Tanvier

November

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Nov	Lynda Carter Maybelline Classic Deerfield Beach, United States Category 2 Hard – $125,000 – 32S/16D	Chris Evert-Lloyd 6–0, 6–4	Bonnie Gadusek	Anne Smith Pam Casale	Michelle Torres Kim Sands Beth Herr Kathy Rinaldi
		Bonnie Gadusek   Wendy White 6–1, 3–6, 6–3	Pam Casale   Mary Lou Piatek
	Ginny Championships Honolulu, United States Ginny Circuit – Category 1+ Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 15S/5D	Kathleen Horvath 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–1)	Carling Bassett	Yvonne Vermaak Sandy Collins	Anne Hobbs Julie Harrington Ginny Purdy Elizabeth Sayers
		Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds 5–7, 7–5, 6–3 Lea Antonoplis   Barbara Jordan
14 Nov	National Panasonic Open Brisbane, Australia Category 3 Grass – $150,000 – 56S/32D/32Q	Pam Shriver 6–4, 7–5	Wendy Turnbull	Jo Durie Hana Mandlíková	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Catherine Suire Eva Pfaff Rosalyn Fairbank
		Anne Hobbs   Wendy Turnbull 6–3, 6–4	Pam Shriver   Sharon Walsh
21 Nov	NSW Building Society Open Sydney, Australia Category 3 Grass – $150,000 – 56S/32D	Jo Durie 6–3, 7–5	Kathy Jordan	Elizabeth Sayers Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández Sophie Amiach Rosalyn Fairbank Eva Pfaff
		Anne Hobbs   Wendy Turnbull 6–4, 6–3	Hana Mandlíková Helena Suková
28 Nov	Marlboro Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Grass – $500,000 – 64S/32Q/32D Singles – Doubles	Martina Navratilova 6–2, 7–6(7–5)	Kathy Jordan	Pam Shriver Zina Garrison	Jo Durie Carling Bassett Wendy Turnbull Sylvia Hanika
		Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver 6–4, 6–7(2–7), 6–2	Anne Hobbs Wendy Turnbull

January 1984

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
2 Jan	Virginia Slims of Nashville Nashville, United States Ginny Circuit – Category 1+ Hard (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D	Jenny Klitch 6–2, 6–1	Pam Teeguarden	Kathleen Cummings   Sandra Cecchini	Nathalie Herreman   Lucia Romanov   Marie-Christine Calleja   Trey Lewis
		Sherry Acker   Candy Reynolds 5–7, 7–6, 7–6	Mary Lou Piatek   Paula Smith
	Virginia Slims of Washington Washington, United States Category 3 Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D	Hana Mandlíková 6–1, 6–1	Zina Garrison	Pam Casale   Helena Suková	Lisa Bonder   Kathleen Horvath   Bonnie Gadusek   Barbara Potter
		Barbara Potter   Sharon Walsh 6–1, 6–7(7–9), 6–2	Leslie Allen   Anne White
9 Jan	Virginia Slims of California Oakland, California, United States Category 3 Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D	Hana Mandlíková 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 6–4	Martina Navratilova	Helena Suková   Pam Shriver	Zina Garrison   Eva Pfaff   Bettina Bunge   Andrea Jaeger
		Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver 6–2, 6–3	Rosie Casals   Alycia Moulton
	Virginia Slims of Pennsylvania Hershey, United States Ginny Circuit – Category 1+ Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Catarina Lindqvist 6–4, 6–0	Beth Herr	Camille Benjamin   Amanda Brown	Kathrin Keil   Laura Arraya   Anne Minter   Mary Lou Piatek
		Marcela Skuherská   Kateřina Böhmová 6–1, 6–3	Ann Henricksson   Nancy Yeargin
16 Jan	Virginia Slims of Denver Denver, United States Ginny Circuit – Category 1+ Hard (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D	Mary Lou Piatek 6–1, 6–1	Kim Sands	Sophie Amiach   Laura Arraya	Natasha Reva   Vicki Nelson-Dunbar Amanda Brown   Marcela Skuherská
		Marcella Mesker   Anne Hobbs 6–2, 6–3	Sherry Acker   Candy Reynolds
23 Jan	Avon Cup Marco Island, United States Category 2 Clay – $100,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Bonnie Gadusek 3–6, 6–0, 6–4	Kathleen Horvath	Camille Benjamin   Virginia Ruzici	Zina Garrison   Ivanna Madruga-Osses   Pam Casale   Laura Arraya
		Hana Mandlíková   Helena Suková 6–2, 6–3	Anne Hobbs   Andrea Jaeger
	Pittsburgh Open Pittsburgh, United States Ginny Circuit – Category 1+ Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles	Andrea Leand 0–6, 6–2, 6–4	Pascale Paradis	Rosalyn Fairbank   Peanut Louie	Catherine Suire   Marcella Mesker   Lea Antonoplis   Etsuko Inoue
		Christiane Jolissaint   Marcella Mesker 6–2, 6–3	Anna-Maria Fernandez   Trey Lewis
30 Jan	Virginia Slims of Houston Houston, United States Category 2 Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D	Hana Mandlíková 6–4, 6–2	Manuela Maleeva	Wendy Turnbull   Barbara Potter	Andrea Jaeger   Zina Garrison   Carling Bassett   Eva Pfaff
		Mima Jaušovec   Anne White 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)	Barbara Potter   Sharon Walsh
	Virginia Slims of Indianapolis Indianapolis, United States Ginny Circuit – Category 1+ Carpet (i) – $50,000 – 32S/16D	JoAnne Russell 7–6, 6–2	Pascale Paradis	Pat Medrado   Terry Holladay	Corrinne Vanier   Beverly Mould   Sandra Cecchini   Nancy Yeargin
		Cláudia Monteiro   Yvonne Vermaak 6–4, 6–7, 7–5	Beverly Mould   Elizabeth Sayers

February 1984

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Feb	Virginia Slims of Chicago Chicago, United States Category 2 Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D	Pam Shriver 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–3	Barbara Potter	Wendy Turnbull   Helena Suková	Bonnie Gadusek   Carling Bassett   Kathy Rinaldi   Marcella Mesker
		Billie Jean King   Sharon Walsh 5–7, 6–3, 6–3	Barbara Potter   Pam Shriver
20 Feb	US Indoors Livingston, New Jersey, United States Category 2 Carpet (i) – $150,000 – 32S/16D	Martina Navratilova 6–2, 7–6	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Marcella Mesker   Manuela Maleeva	Pam Casale   Jo Durie   Bonnie Gadusek   Sylvia Hanika
		Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver 5–7, 6–3, 6–3	Jo Durie   Ann Kiyomura
27 Feb	Virginia Slims Championships New York City, United States Carpet (i) – $500,000 – 16S/8D Singles – Doubles	Martina Navratilova 6–3, 7–5, 6–1	Chris Evert-Lloyd	Pam Shriver   Barbara Potter	Carling Bassett   Hana Mandlíková   Kathleen Horvath   Helena Suková
		Martina Navratilova   Pam Shriver 6–3, 6–1	Jo Durie   Ann Kiyomura

Rankings

Singles

Below are the 1983 WTA year-end rankings (December 5, 1983) in singles competition:

WTA Singles year-end ranking [8] No Player Name Points 1982 Change 1   Martina Navratilova  (USA) 19.606 1 = 2   Chris Evert-Lloyd  (USA) 17.768 2 = 3   Andrea Jaeger  (USA) 11.558 3 = 4   Tracy Austin  (USA) 10.233 4 = 5   Pam Shriver  (USA) 10.094 6 +1 6   Sylvia Hanika  (FRG) 10.088 10 +4 7   Wendy Turnbull  (AUS) 9.459 5 -2 8   Jo Durie  (GBR) 9.287 28 +20 9   Hana Mandlíková  (TCH) 8.965 7 -2 10   Andrea Temesvári  (HUN) 8.907 33 +23 11   Bettina Bunge  (FRG) 8.858 9 -2 12   Zina Garrison  (USA) 8.576 16 NR 13   Kathy Jordan  (USA) 7.153 21 +8 14   Kathy Rinaldi  (USA) 6.711 15 +1 15   Kathleen Horvath  (USA) 6.511 49 +34 16   Helena Suková  (TCH) 6.393 25 +9 17   Ivanna Madruga  (ARG) 6.146 34 +17 18   Bonnie Gadusek  (USA) 6.137 18 = 19   Virginia Ruzici  (ROU) 6.123 11 -8 20   Carling Bassett  (CAN) 5.110 NR NR

Virginia Slims Singles year-end ranking [9] No Player Name Points 1   Martina Navratilova  (USA) 4,610 2   Chris Evert-Lloyd  (USA) 2,574 3   Hana Mandlíková  (TCH) 2,310 4   Pam Shriver  (USA) 2,130 5   Andrea Jaeger  (USA) 1,910 6   Wendy Turnbull  (AUS) 1,850 7   Jo Durie  (GBR) 1,800 8   Sylvia Hanika  (FRG) 1,795 9   Zina Garrison  (USA) 1,635 10   Kathy Jordan  (USA) 1,534 11   Barbara Potter  (USA) 1,510 12   Andrea Temesvári  (HUN) 1,455 13   Carling Bassett  (CAN) 1,439 14   Helena Suková  (TCH) 1,409 15   Kathleen Horvath  (USA) 1,398 16   Virginia Ruzici  (ROU) 1,340 17   Eva Pfaff  (FRG) 1,190 18   Yvonne Vermaak  (RSA) 1,150 19   Bonnie Gadusek  (USA) 1,145 20   Kathy Rinaldi  (USA) 1,145

Points distribution

Virginia Slims ranking points distribution.

Category		W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128
Grand Slam	Singles	400	250	200	150	100	50	25	15
	Doubles	150	120	90	75	50	32	15	–
VS Championships	Singles	400	250	200	150	100	–	–	–
Category 4	Singles	250	150	130	100	65	30	15	10
	Doubles	115	90	70	50	35	22	8	–
Category 3	Singles	200	110	90	60	35	20	10	5
	Doubles	80	60	45	30	17	8	–
Category 2	Singles	100	70	50	25	15	9	5	2
	Doubles	60	40	30	20	10	4	–	–
Category 1+	Singles	85	65	45	23	13	5	–	–
	Doubles	45	35	25	16	8	–	–	–
Category 1	Singles	75	50	30	15	8	–	–	–
	Doubles	38	28	17	8	4	–	–	–

Statistical information

Titles won by player

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series: the Grand Slam tournaments, the Year-end championships and regular events. The players/nations are sorted by:

1. total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
2. highest amount of highest category tournaments (for example, having a single Grand Slam gives preference over any kind of combination without a Grand Slam title);
3. a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
4. alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Total titles	Player	Grand Slam tournaments			Year-end championships		Regular tournaments		All titles
		Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Mixed
29	Martina Navratilova	3	3		1	1	12	9	16	13
15	Pam Shriver		3			1	2	9	2	13
8	Candy Reynolds		1					7		8
7	Chris Evert-Lloyd	1					5	1	6	1
7	Sharon Walsh							7		7
6	Rosalyn Fairbank		1				1	4	1	5
5	Billie Jean King						1	4	1	4
5	Jo Durie						2	3	2	4
5	Anne Hobbs						1	4	1	4
4	Elizabeth Sayers			1			1	2	1	2	1
4	Yvonne Vermaak						2	2	2	2
4	Wendy Turnbull			1			1	2	1	2	1
3	Barbara Jordan			1				2		2	1
3	Andrea Temesvári						3		3
3	Kathleen Horvath						2	1	2	1
3	Alycia Moulton						2	1	2	1
3	Bettina Bunge						1	2	1	2
3	Andrea Jaeger						1	2	1	2
3	Virginia Ruzici						1	2	1	2
3	Pam Whytcross							3		3
2	Lisa Bonder						2		2
2	Lea Antonoplis							2		2
2	Kathy Jordan							2		2
2	Ann Kiyomura							2		2
2	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch							2		2
2	Chris O'Neil							2		2
2	Eva Pfaff							2		2
2	Barbara Potter							2		2
1	Etsuko Inoue						1		1
1	Beverly Mould						1		1
1	Jennifer Mundel-Reinbold						1		1
1	Pascale Paradis						1		1
1	Ginny Purdy						1		1
1	Kim Shaefer						1		1
1	Catherine Tanvier						1		1
1	Carling Bassett						1		1
1	Sandy Collins							1		1
1	Kyle Copeland							1		1
1	Mary Lou Piatek							1		1
1	Bonnie Gadusek							1		1
1	Christiane Jolissaint							1		1
1	Lori McNeil							1		1
1	Marcella Mesker							1		1
1	Cláudia Monteiro							1		1
1	Chris Newton							1		1
1	Anne Smith							1		1
1	Paula Smith							1		1
1	Virginia Wade							1		1
1	Wendy White							1		1

Titles won by nation

Total titles	Country	Grand Slam tournaments			Year-end championships		Regular tournaments		All titles
		Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Mixed
74	United States	4	4	1	1	1	29	34	34	39	1
12	South Africa		1				5	6	5	7
11	Australia			2			2	7	2	7	2
10	United Kingdom						3	7	3	7
4	Germany						1	3	1	3
3	Hungary						3		3
3	Romania						1	2	1	2
2	France						2		2
1	Brazil							1		1
1	Canada						1		1
1	Japan						1		1
1	New Zealand							1		1
1	Netherlands							1		1
1	Switzerland							1		1

The following players won their first title in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):

• Lori McNeil – Bakersfield (D)
• Bonnie Gadusek – Deerfield Beach (D)
• Sandy Collins – Kansas (D)
• Kyle Copeland – Bakersfield (D)
• Chris O'Neil – Kitzbühel (D)
• Christiane Jolissaint – Lugano (D)
• Catherine Tanvier – Filderstadt (S)
• Pascale Paradis – Kitzbühel (S)
• Kim Shaefer – Hartford (S)
• Ginny Purdy – Pittsburgh (S)
• Etsuko Inoue – Japan Open (S)
• Jennifer Mundel-Reinbold – Bakersfield (S)
• Rosalyn Fairbank – Richmond (S)
• Jo Durie – Mahwah (S)
• Anne Hobbs – Indianapolis (S)
• Elizabeth Sayers – Ridgewood (D), US Open (X)
• Yvonne Vermaak – Palm Springs (S)
• Barbara Jordan – French Open (X)
• Andrea Temesvári – Perugia (S)
• Kathleen Horvath – Nashville (S)
• Alycia Moulton – Ridgewood (S)
• Bettina Bunge – Hamburg (D)
• Pam Whytcross – Kitzbühel (D)
• Chris O'Neil – Borden Classic (D)

The following players mounted a successful title defence in singles (S), doubles (D) or mixed doubles (X):

• Martina Navratilova – Washington (S), Chicago (S,D), Dallas (S,D), New York Masters (D), Hilton Head (S,D), Orlando (S), Eastbourne (S,D), Wimbledon (S, D), Montreal (S), Stuttgart (S, D), Australian Open (D)
• Chris Evert-Lloyd – Palm Beach (S), Amelia Island (S), Deerfield Beach (S)
• Billie Jean King (S)
• Lisa Bonder – Borden Classic (S)
• Pam Shriver – Houston (D), Chicago (D), Dallas (D), New York Masters (D), Eastbourne (D), Wimbledon (D), Brighton (D), Australian Open (D)
• Sharon Walsh – New Jersey (D)
• Candy Reynolds – Richmond (D)

Retirements

The following are notable players who announced their retirement from women's tennis in 1983.

• Anne Smith ^[10]
• Billie Jean King
• Evonne Goolagong
• Tanya Harford

See also

• 1983 Volvo Grand Prix – men's circuit
• Women's Tennis Association
• International Tennis Federation

Notes

• ^A The tournament was halted by rain delays on 23 occasions over the first five days. ^[11] The tournament was eventually cancelled after players rejected the officials attempts to move the tournament indoors. ^[12]
• Martina Navratilova only lost one match during the whole year, against Kathleen Horvath in the fourth round of the French Open.

References

1. "Tourney has Premier Field". Herald Journal . January 2, 1983 – via Google News Archive.
2. "Virginia Slims back in tennis". The New York Times . April 27, 1982.
3. "Navratilova loses; McEnroe fined $3000". St. Petersburg Times . May 29, 1983. p. 7C – via Google News Archive.
4. "Avon expected to trim sponsorship of women's tennis". Ocala Star Banner . March 29, 1982. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
5. "It's Official: Avon, Women's Tour Part Ways". St. Petersburg Times . March 30, 1982. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
6. "WTA Tour Gets New Format, Old Backer". The Palm Beach Post. April 27, 1982. Archived from the original on September 27, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
7. "Lugano 1983". International Tennis Federation . Retrieved November 19, 2010.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
8. "Womens International Computer Rankings" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA). 5 December 1983. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
9. John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. p. 515.
10. "Leslie Allen withdraws, Anne Smith retires – on same day". St. Petersburg Times. June 7, 1983. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
11. "Lloyd turns back Jaeger in finals". Lakeland Ledger . May 14, 1953. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
12. "Top seed may withdraw from Italian tournament". Ottawa Citizen . May 17, 1983. Retrieved November 19, 2010.

External links

• Official WTA Tour website