1983 Wimbledon Championships


The 1983 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in England. It was the 97th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 20 June to 3 July 1983.

Prize money

The total prize money for 1983 championships was £978,211. The winner of the men's title earned £66,600 while the women's singles champion earned £60,000.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128
Men's Singles£66,600£33,300£16,650£8,430£4,880£2,662£1,533£888
Women's Singles£60,000£30,000£14,585£7,123£3,904£2,048£1,196£684
Men's Doubles *£26,628£13,314£6,656£2,664£1,330£444£222
Women's Doubles *£23,100£11,550£5,324£2,130£974£320£160
Mixed Doubles *£12,000£6,000£3,000£1,400£700£350£150

* per team

Champions

Seniors

Men's Singles

John McEnroe defeated Chris Lewis, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
Martina Navratilova defeated Andrea Jaeger, 6–0, 6–3
Peter Fleming / John McEnroe defeated Tim Gullikson / Tom Gullikson, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Rosie Casals / Wendy Turnbull, 6–2, 6–2
John Lloyd / Wendy Turnbull defeated Steve Denton / Billie Jean King, 6–7, 7–6, 7–5

Boys' Singles

Stefan Edberg defeated John Frawley, 6–3, 7–6

Girls' Singles

Pascale Paradis defeated Patricia Hy, 6–2, 6–1

Boys' Doubles

Mark Kratzmann / Simon Youl defeated Mihnea-Ion Năstase / Olli Rahnasto, 6–4, 6–4

Girls' Doubles

Patty Fendick / Patricia Hy defeated Carin Anderholm / Helena Olsson, 6–1, 7–5

Singles seeds

Men's singles

  1. Jimmy Connors '
  2. John McEnroe
  3. Ivan Lendl '
  4. Guillermo Vilas '
  5. Mats Wilander '
  6. Gene Mayer '
  7. José Luis Clerc '
  8. Vitas Gerulaitis '
  9. Steve Denton '
  10. Jimmy Arias '
  11. Johan Kriek '
  12. Kevin Curren '
  13. Brian Gottfried '
  14. Bill Scanlon '
  15. Hank Pfister '
  16. Tim Mayotte

    Women's singles

  17. Martina Navratilova
  18. Chris Evert Lloyd '
  19. Andrea Jaeger '
  20. Tracy Austin '
  21. Pam Shriver '
  22. Bettina Bunge '
  23. Wendy Turnbull '
  24. Hana Mandlíková '
  25. Sylvia Hanika '
  26. Billie Jean King '
  27. Barbara Potter '
  28. Virginia Ruzici '
  29. Jo Durie '
  30. Andrea Temesvári '
  31. Kathy Rinaldi '
  32. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch