1982 French Open

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1982 French Open
Date:   24 May – 6 June[1]
Edition:   81st
Category:   Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw:   128S/64D/32X
Surface:   Clay / Outdoor
Location:   Paris (XVIe), France
Venue:   Stade Roland Garros
Champions
Men's Singles
Sweden Mats Wilander [2]
Women's Singles
United States Martina Navratilova [3]
Men's Doubles
United States Sherwood Stewart / United States Ferdi Taygan [4]
Women's Doubles
United States Martina Navratilova / United States Anne Smith [3]
Mixed Doubles
Australia Wendy Turnbull / United Kingdom John Lloyd [3]
French Open
 < 1981 1983 > 

The 1982 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France.[1] The tournament ran from 24 May until 6 June. It was the 81st staging of the French Open, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1982.[5][6]

Champions

Men's singles

Sweden Mats Wilander defeated Argentina Guillermo Vilas, 1–6, 7–6(8-6), 6–0, 6–4 [2]

  • It was Wilander's 1st career title.

Women's singles

United States Martina Navratilova defeated United States Andrea Jaeger, 7–6(8-6), 6–1

  • It was Navratilova's 8th title of the year, and her 63rd overall. It was her 4th career Grand Slam title, and her 1st French Open title.[3]

Men's doubles

United States Sherwood Stewart / United States Ferdi Taygan defeated Chile Hans Gildemeister / Chile Belus Prajoux, 7–5, 6–3, 1–1, retired [4]

Women's doubles

United States Martina Navratilova / United States Anne Smith defeated United States Rosemary Casals / Australia Wendy Turnbull, 6–3, 6–4 [3]

Mixed doubles

Australia Wendy Turnbull / United Kingdom John Lloyd defeated Brazil Claudia Monteiro / Brazil Cassio Motta, 6–2, 7–6 [3]

Prize money

Event W F SF QF 4R 3R 2R 1R
Singles [7] Men FF400,950 FF200,450 FF100,200 FF50,750 FF29,400 FF16,050 FF9,350 FF5,350
Women FF310,000 FF165,000 FF85,000 FF44,000 FF22,000 FF12,000 FF6,000 FF3,100

Total prize money for the event was FF4,708,120.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 's-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1010004448 "French Open 1982 – Overview". ITFTennis.com. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "ATP – 1982 Roland Garros Men's Singles Draw". ATP. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "WTA Tournament Archive – 1982 Roland Garros" (PDF). WTA. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "ATP – 1982 Roland Garros Men's Doubles Draw". ATP. 
  5. Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed. ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 390, 397, 400, 402–3. ISBN 978-0942257700. 
  6. Gilles Delamarre (1991). Roland Garros : Le Livre du Tournoi du Centenaire. Paris: Fédération Française de Tennis. pp. 240–245. ISBN 2906450510. 
  7. John Barrett, ed. (1982). World of Tennis. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 33. ISBN 978-0356093840. 

External links

Preceded by
1981 French Open
French Open Succeeded by
1983 French Open
Preceded by
1981 Australian Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
1982 Wimbledon Championships
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