1983 French Open

{{TennisEventInfo|1983|French Open|

| date= 23 May – 5 June 1983

| edition=82

| category=53rd Grand Slam (ITF)

| surface=Clay / Outdoor

| draw=128S / 64D / 48X

| location= Paris (XVIe), France

| venue=Stade Roland Garros

| champms={{Flagicon|FRA}} Yannick Noah{{cite web|title=ATP – 1983 Roland Garros Men's Singles Draw|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?Year=1983&EventId=520&Draw=ms|publisher=ATP}}

| champws={{Flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert{{cite web|title=WTA Tournament Archive – 1983 Roland Garros|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/Archive/Draws/1983/903.pdf|publisher=WTA|format=PDF}}

| champmd={{Flagicon|SWE}} Anders Järryd / {{Flagicon|SWE}} Hans Simonsson{{cite web|title=ATP – 1983 Roland Garros Men's Doubles Draw|url=http://www.atpworldtour.com/Share/Event-Draws.aspx?Year=1983&EventId=520&Draw=md|publisher=ATP}}

| champwd={{Flagicon|South Africa|1928}} Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / {{Flagicon|USA}} Candy Reynolds

| champxd={{Flagicon|USA}} Barbara Jordan / {{Flagicon|USA}} Eliot Teltscher

}}

The 1983 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 23 May until 5 June. It was the 82nd staging of the French Open, and the first Grand Slam tennis event of 1983.{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Bud|title=The Bud Collins History of Tennis|year=2010|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=[New York]|isbn=978-0942257700|edition=2nd|pages=390, 397, 400, 402–3}}{{cite book|title=Roland Garros : Le Livre du Tournoi du Centenaire|year=1991|publisher=Fédération Française de Tennis|location=Paris|isbn=2906450510|pages=240–245|author=Gilles Delamarre}}

Finals

=Men's singles=

{{Main|1983 French Open – Men's singles}}

{{flagicon|FRA}} Yannick Noah defeated {{flagicon|SWE}} Mats Wilander, 6–2, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)

  • It was Noah's 3rd title of the year, and his 14th overall. It was his 1st (and only) career Grand Slam title.

=Women's singles=

{{Main|1983 French Open – Women's singles}}

{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Evert defeated {{flagicon|YUG}} Mima Jaušovec, 6–1, 6–2

  • It was Evert's 15th career Grand Slam title, and her 5th French Open title.

=Men's doubles=

{{Main|1983 French Open – Men's doubles}}

{{flagicon|SWE}} Anders Järryd / {{flagicon|SWE}} Hans Simonsson defeated {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Edmondson / {{flagicon|USA}} Sherwood Stewart, 7–6(7–4), 6–4, 6–2

=Women's doubles=

{{Main|1983 French Open – Women's doubles}}

{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Rosalyn Fairbank / {{flagicon|USA}} Candy Reynolds defeated {{flagicon|USA}} Kathy Jordan / {{flagicon|USA}} Anne Smith, 5–7, 7–5, 6–2

=Mixed doubles=

{{Main|1983 French Open – Mixed doubles}}

{{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Jordan / {{flagicon|USA}} Eliot Teltscher defeated {{flagicon|USA}} Leslie Allen / {{flagicon|USA}} Charles Strode, 6–2, 6–3

Prize money

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
width=200 colspan=2 bgcolor=#dfe2e9|Event

|width=80 bgcolor=lime|W

|width=85 bgcolor=#D8BFD8|F

|width=85 bgcolor=#FFFF00|SF

|width=85 bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF

|width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee|4R

|width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee|3R

|width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee|2R

|width=85 bgcolor=#afeeee|1R

rowspan=2 bgcolor=#dfe2e9|Singles {{cite book|title=World of Tennis 1984|year=1985|publisher=Willow Books|location=London|isbn=978-0002181228|editor=John Barrett|page=81}}

|bgcolor=#EDEDED|Men

|FF675,420

|FF328,750

|FF164,380

|FF83,280

|FF48,210

|FF26,295

|FF15,340

|FF8,765

bgcolor=#EDEDED|Women

|FF526,000

|FF280,500

|FF140,300

|FF73,460

|FF38,550

|FF19,290

|FF9,120

|FF4,910

Total prize money for the event was FF9,782,133.

References

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