1983 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
Appearance
Singles | |
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1983 World Championship Tennis Finals | |
Champion | John McEnroe |
Runner-up | Ivan Lendl |
Score | 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6 |
Draw | 12S |
Ivan Lendl was the defending champion but lost in the final 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6 to John McEnroe.[1][2]
Seeds
[edit]A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
- Ivan Lendl (final)
- John McEnroe (champion)
- Guillermo Vilas (quarterfinals)
- Kevin Curren (quarterfinals)
Draw
[edit]Key
[edit]- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Ivan Lendl | 6 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paul McNamee | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | Steve Denton | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Steve Denton | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | Ivan Lendl | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bill Scanlon | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Kevin Curren | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balázs Taróczy | 2 | 4 | 3 | Bill Scanlon | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bill Scanlon | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | Ivan Lendl | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vitas Gerulaitis | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | John McEnroe | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
José Luis Clerc | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | Vitas Gerulaitis | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Guillermo Vilas | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vitas Gerulaitis | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wojciech Fibak | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | John McEnroe | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tomáš Šmíd | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | Tomáš Šmíd | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | John McEnroe | 6 | 6 | 6 |
References
[edit]- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1984). World of Tennis 1984 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Willow Books. pp. 165–168. ISBN 0002181223.
- ^ Neil Amdur (May 4, 1983). "Lendl assails McEnroe". The New York Times. p. B9.