1983 World Championship Tennis circuit

The 1983 World Championship Tennis circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1983. It was organized by World Championship Tennis (WCT). The WCT circuit withdrew from the Grand Prix circuit in 1982 and established its own full calendar season consisting of 20 tournaments. For the 1983 season the WCT circuit was downsized to eight tournaments and ran from January to May.^[1]

1983 World Championship Tennis circuit
Details
Lendl reached most tour finals
Duration	1 January 1983 – 1 May 1983
Edition	10th
Tournaments	8
Achievements
Most tournament titles	Ivan Lendl John McEnroe (2)
Most tournament finals	Ivan Lendl (3)
← 1982 1984 →

Calendar

Week of	Tournament	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 January	Masters Doubles WCT, Great Britain Carpet – $300,000 – D8	Balazs Taroczy Heinz Günthardt 6-3, 7-5, 7-6	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez
2 February	Richmond WCT Richmond, Virginia, USA Carpet – $300,000 – S32/D16	Guillermo Vilas 6-3, 7-5, 6-4	Steve Denton	Eliot Teltscher Kevin Curren	Roscoe Tanner Bill Scanlon Jeff Borowiak Brian Teacher
2 February		Tomáš Šmíd Pavel Složil 6-2, 6-4	Fritz Buehning Brian Teacher	Eliot Teltscher Kevin Curren	Roscoe Tanner Bill Scanlon Jeff Borowiak Brian Teacher
21 February	Delray Beach WCT Delray Beach, Florida, USA Clay – $300,000 – S32/D16	Guillermo Vilas 6-1, 6-4, 6-0	Pavel Složil	Eddie Dibbs Guillermo Vilas	Henrik Sundström Eric Fromm Johan Kriek Cassio Motta
21 February		Tomáš Šmíd Pavel Složil 7-6, 6-4	Anand Amritraj Johan Kriek	Eddie Dibbs Guillermo Vilas	Henrik Sundström Eric Fromm Johan Kriek Cassio Motta
14 March	Munich WCT Munich, Germany Carpet – $300,000 – S32/D16	Brian Teacher 1-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3	Mark Dickson	Wojtek Fibak Bill Scanlon	Ramesh Krishnan Vitas Gerulaitis Shlomo Glickstein Kevin Curren
14 March	Munich WCT Munich, Germany Carpet – $300,000 – S32/D16	Steve Denton Kevin Curren 7-5, 2-6, 6-1	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	Wojtek Fibak Bill Scanlon
4 April	Houston WCT Houston, Texas, USA Clay – $250,000 – S32/D16	Ivan Lendl 6-2, 6-0, 6-3	Paul McNamee	Bill Scanlon Mark Dickson	Henri Leconte Sammy Giammalva Steve Denton Tomáš Šmíd
4 April	Houston WCT Houston, Texas, USA Clay – $250,000 – S32/D16	Steve Denton Kevin Curren 7-6, 6-7, 6-1	Mark Dickson Tomáš Šmíd	Bill Scanlon Mark Dickson	Henri Leconte Sammy Giammalva Steve Denton Tomáš Šmíd
12 April	Hilton Head WCT Hilton Head, South Carolina, USA Clay – $250,000 – S8	Ivan Lendl 6-2, 6-1, 6-0	Guillermo Vilas	Brian Teacher Tomáš Šmíd	Mark Dickson Steve Denton Bill Scanlon Paul McNamee
26 April	Dallas WCT Finals Dallas, Texas, USA Carpet – $300,000 – S16	John McEnroe 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6	Ivan Lendl	Bill Scanlon Vitas Gerulaitis	Steve Denton Kevin Curren Guillermo Vilas Tomáš Šmíd
1 May	WCT Tournament of Champions Forest Hills, New York, USA Clay – $300,000 – S64/D32	John McEnroe 6-3, 7-5	Vitas Gerulaitis	Johan Kriek Guillermo Vilas	Henri Leconte Brad Gilbert Paul McNamee Tomáš Šmíd
1 May		Tracy Delatte Johan Kriek 6-7, 7-5, 6-3	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	Johan Kriek Guillermo Vilas	Henri Leconte Brad Gilbert Paul McNamee Tomáš Šmíd