| 1983 Bridgestone Doubles Championships | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 28 – April 3 |
| Edition | 9th |
| Draw | 8D |
| Prize money | $150,000 |
| Surface | Carpet / indoor |
| Location | Tokyo, Japan |
| Venue | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium |
| 1983 Bridgestone Doubles Championships | |
|---|---|
| 1983 Bridgestone Doubles Championships | |
| 1982 Champions |  Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
| Champions | Billie Jean King Sharon Walsh |
| Runners-up | Kathy Jordan Anne Smith |
| Score | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Draw | 8 |
| Seeds | 4 |
The 1983 Bridgestone Doubles Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from March 28 through April 3, 1983.[1]
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but did not compete that year. Billie Jean King and Sharon Walsh won in the final 6–1, 6–1 against Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith. It was King's 1st title of the year and the 167th of her career. It was Walsh's 2nd title of the year and the 13th of her career.
Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith (final)- Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull (quarterfinals)
- Ann Kiyomura / Paula Smith (semifinals)
- Leslie Allen / Mima Jaušovec (semifinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Kathy Jordan Anne Smith
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lea Antonoplis Barbara Jordan
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Kathy Jordan Anne Smith
| 2 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ann Kiyomura Paula Smith
| 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ann Kiyomura Paula Smith
| 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
 Anne Hobbs.svg/1280px-Flag_of_Australia_(converted).svg.png) Susan Leo
| 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Kathy Jordan Anne Smith
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Billie Jean King Sharon Walsh
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
.svg/1280px-Flag_of_Brazil_(1968%E2%80%931992).svg.png) Patricia Medrado Cláudia Monteiro
| 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Leslie Allen.svg/1280px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_(1946-1992).svg.png) Mima Jaušovec
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Leslie Allen Mima Jaušovec
| 7 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Billie Jean King Sharon Walsh
| 6 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Billie Jean King Sharon Walsh
| 3 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull
| 6 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ John Dolan (2011). Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide. Remous. p. 530.
External links
- 1983 Bridgestone Doubles Championships Draw Archived 2020-08-14 at the Wayback Machine