WTA Championships 1983

WTA Championships 1983
date	March 22, 1983 - March 27, 1983
Edition	12
navigation	1982  ◄  1983  ►  1984
WTA tour
venue	New York City United States
Tournament number	808
category	WTA Tour Championships
Tournament type	Indoor tournament
Game surface	carpet
draw	16E / 6D
Prize money	US $ 350,000
Last year's winner	Sylvia Hanika
Last year's winner (double)	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver
Winner	Martina Navrátilová
Winner (doubles)	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver
As of July 14, 2018

The 1983 WTA Championships (also known as the 1983 Virginia Slims Championships ) was a women's tennis tournament held in Madison Square Garden in New York City . The carpet court tournament was part of the WTA Tour 1983 and took place from March 22nd to 27th, 1983.

singles

Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Martina Navrátilová victory 02.  Chris Evert-Lloyd final 03.  Andrea Jaeger 1 round 04th  Tracy Austin Quarter finals

No. Player Round reached 05.  Pam Shriver Quarter finals 06th  Wendy Turnbull 1 round 07th  Bettina Bunge Quarter finals 08th.  Sylvia Hanika Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

M. Navrátilová

4th

6th

6th

H. Mandlíková

6th

1

0

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

E. Cawley

1

3

5

P. Shriver

1

2

5

P. Shriver

6th

6th

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

4th

T. Austin

5

6th

7th

8th

S. Hanika

1

1

V. Ruzici

7th

1

6th

4th

T. Austin

4th

5

K. Rinaldi

0

2

8th

S. Hanika

6th

7th

8th

S. Hanika

6th

6th

1

M. Navrátilová

6th

6th

6th

W. Turnbull

3

3

2

C. Evert-Lloyd

2

0

B. Potter

6th

6th

B. Potter

3

1

BJ King

5

6th

6th

BJ King

6th

6th

3

A. Jaeger

7th

2

2

BJ King

1

1

7th

B. Bunge

6th

6th

2

C. Evert-Lloyd

6th

6th

B. Gadusek

3

3

7th

B. Bunge

1

5

Z. Garrison

3

0

2

C. Evert-Lloyd

6th

7th

2

C. Evert-Lloyd

6th

6th

Double

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver   victory 02.  Kathy Jordan Anne Smith   Semifinals 03.  Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull   1 round 04th  Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh   1 round 05.  Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Eva Pfaff   final 06th  Billie Jean King Candy Reynolds   Semifinals

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier WC = wildcard LL = Lucky Loser ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking SE = Special Exempt

r = retired d = disqualification where = walkover

Results

First round

Semifinals

final

1

M. Navrátilová P. Shriver

6th

6th

3

R. Casals W. Turnbull

6th

2

6th

BJ King C. Reynolds

2

4th

6th

BJ King C. Reynolds

7th

6th

1

M. Navrátilová P. Shriver

7th

6th

5

C. Kohde-Kilsch E. Pfaff

7th

3

6th

5

C. Kohde-Kilsch E. Pfaff

5

2

4th

B. Potter S. Walsh

6th

6th

4th

5

C. Kohde-Kilsch E. Pfaff

4th

6th

6th

2

K. Jordan A. Smith

6th

3

2

Web links

• WTA finals. (PDF) In: wtatennis.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (English). 
• WTA Championships 1983 as PDF (English) on the WTA homepage
• WTA Championships 1983 (English) on the ITF homepage