1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series

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]

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 (5) Category 3 (23) 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 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

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.