| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 1983 Virginia Slims of California | |
| 1982 Champion |  Andrea Jaeger |
| Champion |  Bettina Bunge |
| Runner-up | Eva Pfaff |
| Score | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Draw | 32 |
| Seeds | 8 |
Andrea Jaeger was the defending champion but did not compete that year.
Bettina Bunge won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Eva Pfaff.
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
Tracy Austin (quarterfinals) Pam Shriver (quarterfinals)
Hana Mandlíková (first round)
Wendy Turnbull (semifinals) Sylvia Hanika (final) Bettina Bunge (champion) Barbara Potter (first round)
Mima Jaušovec (first round)| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | T Austin | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Y Vermaak | 3 | 2 | 1 | T Austin | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I Budařová | 7 | 2 | 3 | I Budařová | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M Louie | 6 | 6 | 2/r | 1 | T Austin | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Temesvári | 7 | 6 | A Temesvári | 4 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 C Bassett | 5 | 4 | A Temesvári | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S Collins | 6 | 3 | 6 | S Collins | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | M Jaušovec | 3 | 6 | 2 | A Temesvári | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | H Mandlíková | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | B Bunge | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C Kohde-Kilsch | 1 | 6 | 6 | C Kohde-Kilsch | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Kiyomura | 2 | 6 |  C Tanvier | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| C Tanvier | 6 | 7 | C Kohde-Kilsch | 4 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| H Suková | 7 | 6 | 6 | B Bunge | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Harrington | 5 | 4 | H Suková | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B Gadusek | 3 | 5 | 6 | B Bunge | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | B Bunge | 6 | 7 | 6 | Bettina Bunge | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | B Potter | 3 | 6 | 5 | Sylvia Hanika | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Smith | 6 | 7 | A Smith | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| K Jordan | 6 | 7 | K Jordan | 4 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| E Pfaff | 1 | 5 | A Smith | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Allen | 0 | 1 | 4 | W Turnbull | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M L Piatek | 6 | 6 | M L Piatek | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Hobbs | 5 | 1 | 4 | W Turnbull | 7 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | W Turnbull | 7 | 6 | 4 | W Turnbull | 0 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | S Hanika | 6 | 6 | 5 | S Hanika | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 S Simmonds | 2 | 0 | 5 | S Hanika | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A White | 6 | 6 | A White | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| G Purdy | 4 | 2 | 5 | S Hanika | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Leand | 3 | 2 | 2 | P Shriver | 3 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S Barker | 6 | 6 | S Barker | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J Durie | 4 | 4 | 2 | P Shriver | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | P Shriver | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Martina Navratilova was the defending singles champion of the Virginia Slims of Washington tennis tournament and won in the final 6–1, 6–1 against Sylvia Hanika.
Bettina Bunge was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Martina Navratilova.
Martina Navratilova was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Andrea Jaeger.
Martina Navratilova was the defending champion and won in the final 6–4, 6–0 against Chris Evert-Lloyd.
Martina Navratilova defeated Chris Evert-Lloyd in the final, 6–2, 6–0 to win the singles tennis title at the 1983 Virginia Slims Championships. It was her fourth Tour Finals singles title.
Martina Navratilova was the defending champion and won in the final 5–7, 6–1, 6–0 against Tracy Austin.
Chris Evert-Lloyd was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 against Carling Bassett.
Betsy Nagelsen and Elizabeth Smylie were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Nagelsen with Lori McNeil and Smylie with Jana Novotná.
Steffi Graf was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Gabriela Sabatini.
Neige Dias won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Bettina Fulco.
Iva Budařová and Sandra Wasserman won in the final 1–6, 6–3, 6–2 against Anna-Karin Olsson and María José Llorca.
Bettina Bunge and Katerina Maleeva were the defending champions but only Maleeva competed that year with Raffaella Reggi.
Wendy Turnbull and Marty Riessen were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Wendy White and Mike Bauer.
Martina Navratilova and Heinz Günthardt were the defending champions but only Navratilova competed that year with Peter Fleming.
Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova were the defending champions but only Navratilova competed that year with Pam Shriver.
Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Bettina Bunge and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but lost in the final 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–3 against Claudia Kohde-Kilsch and Helena Suková.
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions and won in the final 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 against Kathy Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie.
Pam Shriver was the three-time defending champion and won in the final against Larisa Savchenko, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2.
Fourth-seeded Andrea Temesvári was the defending champion but went out in the semifinals to Manuela Maleeva. Top-seed Maleeva won the final and $34,000 first prize money by defeating Lisa Bonder-Kreiss in the final.