1983 French Open – Women's singles
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| Champion | United States Chris Evert | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Runner-up | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Score | 6–1, 6–2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Draw | 128 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seeds | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chris Evert defeated Mima Jaušovec in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1983 French Open.[1] [2] It was her fifth French Open singles title and her 15th major singles title overall.
Martina Navratilova was the defending champion, but was defeated in the fourth round by Kathy Horvath. It was her only loss for the entire year and ended a 39-match winning streak. Horvath's victory is considered one of the greatest upsets in tennis history.[3]
This was the first edition of the tournament to have a 128-player main draw.
This tournament marked the first major appearance of future 22-time major champion, Olympic gold medalist, and world No. 1 Steffi Graf. At 13 years, 11 months and 9 days of age, she was the youngest player to compete in the main draw of a major. This was also the final major appearance of former world No. 1 and seven-time major champion Evonne Goolagong.
Seeds
[edit ]- 1. United States Martina Navratilova (fourth round)
- 2. United States Chris Evert (champion)
- 3. United States Andrea Jaeger (semifinals)
- 4. United States Tracy Austin (quarterfinals)
- 5. United States Pam Shriver (third round)
- 6. West Germany Bettina Bunge (second round)
- 7. West Germany Sylvia Hanika (third round)
- 8. Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková (quarterfinals)
- 9. Romania Virginia Ruzici (third round)
- 10. Hungary Andrea Temesvári (fourth round)
- 11. United States Zina Garrison (first round)
- 12. United States Kathy Rinaldi (fourth round)
- 13. United States Bonnie Gadusek (first round)
- 14. United States Anne Smith (first round)
- 15. West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (third round)
- 16. South Africa Rosalyn Fairbank (first round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Qualifying
[edit ]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
Finals
[edit ]Top half
[edit ]Section 1
[edit ]Section 2
[edit ]Section 3
[edit ]Section 4
[edit ]Bottom half
[edit ]Section 5
[edit ]Section 6
[edit ]Section 7
[edit ]Section 8
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 397. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ Morley Myers (4 June 1983). "Chris Evert Lloyd reclaimed her crown as the clay..." UPI.
- ^ "Navratilova upset by Horvath" . Retrieved 4 July 2022.