1983 World Championship Tennis circuit

The 1983 World Championship Tennis circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1983. It was organized by World Championship Tennis (WCT). The WCT circuit withdrew from the Grand Prix circuit in 1982 and established its own full calendar season consisting of 20 tournaments. For the 1983 season the WCT circuit was downsized to eight tournaments and ran from January to May.[1]

1983 World Championship Tennis circuit
Lendl reached most tour finals
Details
Duration1 January 1983 – 1 May 1983
Edition12th
Tournaments8
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesCzechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
United States John McEnroe (2)
Most tournament finalsCzechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (3)
1982
1984

Calendar edit

Week Tournament Champion Runner-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
1 Jan Masters Doubles WCT, Great Britain
Carpet – $300,000 – D8
  Balázs Taróczy
  Heinz Günthardt
6–3, 7–5, 7–6
  Brian Gottfried
  Raúl Ramírez
2 Feb Richmond WCT
Richmond, Virginia, US
Carpet – $300,000 – S32/D16
  Guillermo Vilas
6–3, 7–5, 6–4
  Steve Denton   Eliot Teltscher
  Kevin Curren
  Roscoe Tanner
  Bill Scanlon
  Jeff Borowiak
  Brian Teacher
  Tomáš Šmíd
  Pavel Složil
6–2, 6–4
  Fritz Buehning
  Brian Teacher
21 Feb Delray Beach WCT
Delray Beach, Florida, US
Clay – $300,000 – S32/D16
  Guillermo Vilas
6–1, 6–4, 6–0
  Pavel Složil   Eddie Dibbs
  Guillermo Vilas
  Henrik Sundström
  Eric Fromm
  Johan Kriek
  Cássio Motta
  Tomáš Šmíd
  Pavel Složil
7–6, 6–4
  Anand Amritraj
  Johan Kriek
14 Mar Munich WCT
Munich, Germany
Carpet – $300,000 – S32/D16
  Brian Teacher
1-6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3
  Mark Dickson   Wojtek Fibak
  Bill Scanlon
  Ramesh Krishnan
  Vitas Gerulaitis
  Shlomo Glickstein
  Kevin Curren
  Steve Denton
  Kevin Curren
7–5, 2-6, 6–1
  Heinz Günthardt
  Balázs Taróczy
4 Apr Houston WCT
Houston, Texas, US
Clay – $250,000 – S32/D16
  Ivan Lendl
6–2, 6–0, 6–3
  Paul McNamee   Bill Scanlon
  Mark Dickson
  Henri Leconte
  Sammy Giammalva
  Steve Denton
  Tomáš Šmíd
  Steve Denton
  Kevin Curren
7–6, 6–7, 6–1
  Mark Dickson
  Tomáš Šmíd
12 Apr Hilton Head WCT
Hilton Head, South Carolina, US
Clay – $250,000 – S8
  Ivan Lendl
6–2, 6–1, 6–0
  Guillermo Vilas   Brian Teacher
  Tomáš Šmíd
  Mark Dickson
  Steve Denton
  Bill Scanlon
  Paul McNamee
26 Apr Dallas WCT Finals
Dallas, Texas, US
Carpet – $300,000 – S16
  John McEnroe
6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–0)
  Ivan Lendl   Bill Scanlon
  Vitas Gerulaitis
  Steve Denton
  Kevin Curren
  Guillermo Vilas
  Tomáš Šmíd
1 May WCT Tournament of Champions
Forest Hills, New York, US
Clay – $300,000 – S64/D32
  John McEnroe
6–3, 7–5
  Vitas Gerulaitis   Johan Kriek
  Guillermo Vilas
  Henri Leconte
  Brad Gilbert
  Paul McNamee
  Tomáš Šmíd
  Tracy Delatte
  Johan Kriek
6–7, 7–5, 6–3
  Kevin Curren
  Steve Denton

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1984). World of Tennis 1984. London: Willow Books. pp. 165–168. ISBN 0002181223.

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