1983 Australian Open – Women's Doubles

1983 Australian Open
Champions   Martina Navratilova
Pam Shriver
Runners-up   Anne Hobbs
Wendy Turnbull
Final score   6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Events
Singles   men   women       boys   girls
Doubles   men   women   mixed   boys   girls
Other events
Legends    men      mixed
WC Singles    men    women    quad
WC Doubles    men    women    quad

Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions and won in the final 6–4, 6–7, 6–2 against Anne Hobbs and Wendy Turnbull.

Contents

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

  1. Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (Champions)
  2. Billie Jean King / Sharon Walsh (Semifinals)
  3. Kathy Jordan / Barbara Potter (Semifinals)
  4. Jo Durie / Ann Kiyomura (Quarterfinals)
  1. Rosalyn Fairbank / Eva Pfaff (Quarterfinals)
  2. Anne Hobbs / Wendy Turnbull (Final)
  3. Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Catherine Tanvier (First Round)
  4. Alycia Moulton / Paula Smith (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Final

Final
         
1   Martina Navratilova
  Pam Shriver
6 6 6
6   Anne Hobbs
  Wendy Turnbull
4 7 2

Top Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
1   M Navratilova
  P Shriver
6 6    
    I Budařová
  M Skuherska
1 1       1   M Navratilova
  P Shriver
6 6    
    A Minter
  E Minter
1 2         B Jordan
  E Sayers
2 1    
    B Jordan
  E Sayers
6 6         1   M Navratilova
  P Shriver
6 6    
    S Gomer
  J Salmon
6 3 3       5   R Fairbank
  E Pfaff
3 3    
    C Benjamin
  C Vanier
2 6 6         C Benjamin
  C Vanier
4 3  
    P Paradis
  C Suire
3 0     5   R Fairbank
  E Pfaff
6 6    
5   R Fairbank
  E Pfaff
6 6         1   M Navratilova
  P Shriver
6 6  
3   K Jordan
  B Potter
6 7         3   K Jordan
  B Potter
3 2  
    G Fernández
  B Herr
4 5       3   K Jordan
  B Potter
7 6    
    L Antonoplis
  A M Fernandez
7 2 0       C Monteiro
  Y Vermaak
5 0    
    C Monteiro
  Y Vermaak
5 6 6       3   K Jordan
  B Potter
2 6 8
    S Acker
  L Forood
6 6         8   C Reynolds
  P Smith
6 1 6  
    B Norton
  K Shaefer
3 4           S Acker
  L Forood
5 3  
    R Bryant
  K Pratt
3 0     8   C Reynolds
  P Smith
7 6    
8   A Moulton
  P Smith
6 6    

Bottom Half

First Round   Second Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals
6   A Hobbs
  W Turnbull
6 6    
    B Remilton
  N Sato
3 2       6   A Hobbs
  W Turnbull
6 6    
    Z Garrison
  L McNeil
7 7         Z Garrison
  L McNeil
1 2    
    C O'Neil
  P Whytcross
5 5         6   A Hobbs
  W Turnbull
2 6 6  
    J Byrne
  J Tremelling
3 4         4   J Durie
  A Kiyomura
6 2 2  
    V Wade
  A White
6 6           V Wade
  A Smith
5 6  
    C Bassett
  B Nagelsen
1 5     4   J Durie
  A Kiyomura
7 7    
4   J Durie
  A Kiyomura
6 7         6   A Hobbs
  W Turnbull
6 6  
7   C Kohde-Kilsch
  C Tanvier
            2   B J King
  S Walsh
4 1  
    I Kloss
  H Ludloff
w/o             I Kloss
  H Ludloff
6 7    
    S Leo
  M Mesker
4 5         N Gregory
  B Randall
4 6    
    N Gregory
  B Randall
6 7             I Kloss
  H Ludloff
6 4 0
    A Tobin-Dingwall
  B Stöve
7 4 4       2   B J King
  S Walsh
4 6 6  
    A Henricksson
  J Mundel
5 6 6         A Henricksson
  J Mundel
0 0  
    D Freeman
  A Gulley
1 2     2   B J King
  S Walsh
6 6    
2   B J King
  S Walsh
6 6    

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