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1983 World Championship Tennis circuit

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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

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

See also

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References

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