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Duration | 10 January 1983 – 10 January 1984 |
Edition | 14th |
Tournaments | 70 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) Grand Prix Series (65) * Super Series * Regular Series Team Events (1) |
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John McEnroe finished the year as ATP world No. 1 for the third time in his career. McEnroe won six titles during the season, including a major at the Wimbedon Championships, as well as the Masters Grand Prix.
Mats Wilander was the 1983 Grand Prix No. 1. Wilander won nine tournaments during the season, including a major at the Australian Open, and finished runner-up at another major, the French Open.
The 1983 Volvo Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments, and two team tournaments (the Davis Cup and the World Team Cup. The circuit was administered by the Men's International Professional Tennis Council (MIPTC).
Schedule[edit]
The table below shows the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix schedule (a precursor to the ATP Tour).
January[edit]
February[edit]
March[edit]
April[edit]
May[edit]
June[edit]
July[edit]
August[edit]
September[edit]
October[edit]
November[edit]
December[edit]
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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12 Dec | New South Wales Open Sydney, Australia Grass – $125,000 – 64S/32D |
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19 Dec | South Australian Open Adelaide, Australia Grass – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Davis Final Melbourne, Australia – grass |
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January 1984[edit]
Week of | Tournament | Champion | Runner-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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10 Jan | Benson and Hedges Open Auckland, New Zealand Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D |
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Volvo Masters New York, US Carpet – $400,000 – S12/D6 |
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ATP rankings[edit]
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*The official ATP year-end rankings were listed from January 2nd, 1984.
List of tournament winners[edit]
The list of winners and number of Grand Prix titles won, alphabetically by last name:
John Alexander (1) Auckland
Roberto Argüello (1) Venice
Pablo Arraya (1) Bordeaux
Jimmy Arias (4) Florence, Rome, Indianapolis, Palermo
Mike Bauer (1) Adelaide
Pat Cash (1) Brisbane,
José Luis Clerc (4) Guarujá, Boston, Washington, D.C., North Conway
Jimmy Connors (4) Memphis, Las Vegas, Queen's Club, US Open
Marty Davis (1) Cleveland
Scott Davis (1) Maui
Brad Drewett (1) South Orange
Matt Doyle (1) Cologne
John Fitzgerald (2) Newport, Stowe
Vitas Gerulaitis (1) Basel
Sammy Giammalva (1) Monterrey
Andrés Gómez (1) Dallas
Brian Gottfried (1) Vienna
Heinz Günthardt (1) Toulouse
José Higueras (3) La Quinta, Bournemouth, Stuttgart Outdoor
Thomas Högstedt (1) Ferrara
Aaron Krickstein (1) Tel Aviv
Johan Kriek (3) Tampa, Bristol, Johannesburg
Ivan Lendl (8) Masters, Detroit WCT, Milan, Houston WCT, Hilton Head WCT, Montreal, San Francisco, Tokyo Indoor
Wally Masur (1) Hong Kong
Gene Mayer (2) Rotterdam, Los Angeles
Sandy Mayer (1) Gstaad
John McEnroe (6) Philadelphia, Dallas WCT, Wimbledon, Forest Hills WCT, Sydney Indoor, Wembley
Peter McNamara (1) Brussels
Yannick Noah (3) Madrid, Hamburg, French Open
Joakim Nyström (1) Sydney Outdoor
Nduka Odizor (1) Taiwan
Víctor Pecci (1) Viña del Mar
Raúl Ramírez (1) Caracas
Pedro Rebolledo (1) Bahia
Nick Saviano (1) Nancy
Tomáš Šmíd (2) Munich, Hilversum
Henrik Sundström (1) Nice
Brian Teacher (2) Munich WCT, Columbus
Eliot Teltscher (1) Tokyo Outdoor
Guillermo Vilas (3) Richmond WCT, Delray Beach WCT, Kitzbüjel
Mats Wilander (9) Monte Carlo, Lisbon, Aix-en-Provence, Båstad, Cincinnati, Geneva, Barcelona, Stockholm, Australian Open
The following players won their first title in 1983:
Roberto Argüello Venice
Pablo Arraya Bordeaux
Marty Davis Cleveland
Scott Davis Maui
Matt Doyle Cologne
Thomas Högstedt Ferrara
Aaron Krickstein Tel Aviv
Wally Masur Hong Kong
Joakim Nyström Sydney Outdoor
Nduka Odizor Taiwan
Nick Saviano Nancy
Henrik Sundström Nice
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ John McEnroe was the ATP points leader with a points average of 129.92, calculated over all tournaments with at least $25,000 prize money, a 32-player singles draw, and a merit-based entry system.
References[edit]
- ^ "ATP Year-end top 20". ATP. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
Further reading[edit]
- Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis: An Authoritative Encyclopedia and Record Book (2nd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. ISBN 978-0-942257-70-0.
External links[edit]
- ATP Archive 1983: Volvo Grand Prix Tournaments
- History Mens Professional Tours