1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series information
Women's tennis circuit
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 Category 3 Category 2 Category 1+ Category 1
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles
Martina Navratilova (18)
Most tournament 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 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]
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.
^ ab"Tourney has Premier Field". Herald Journal. January 2, 1983 – via Google News Archive.
^"Virginia Slims back in tennis". The New York Times. April 27, 1982.
^"Navratilova loses; McEnroe fined $3000". St. Petersburg Times. May 29, 1983. p. 7C – via Google News Archive.
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Global Information
Martina Navratilova (18)
Andrea Temesvári
Carling Bassett