1983 Avon Cup

1983 Avon Cup
Date January 22 - 30
Edition 1st
Draw 56S / 32D
Prize money $100,000
Surface Clay / outdoors
Location Marco Island, Florida, United States
Champions
Singles
United States Andrea Jaeger
Doubles
United States Andrea Jaeger / United States Mary Lou Piatek

The 1983 Avon Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Marco Island, Florida in the United States that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from January 22 through January 30, 1983. First-seeded Andrea Jaeger won the singles title.[1]


Finals

Singles

United States Andrea Jaeger defeated Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková 6–1, 6–3

  • It was Jaeger's 1st singles title of the year and the 10th of her career.

Doubles

United States Andrea Jaeger / United States Mary Lou Piatek defeated United States Rosemary Casals / Australia Wendy Turnbull 6–3, 6–3

  • It was Jaeger's 2nd title of the year and the 11th of her career. It was Piatek's only title of the year and the 1st of her career.

References

  1. ↑ John Barrett, ed. (1984). World of Tennis 1984 : The Official Yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Willow Books. p. 192. ISBN 0002181223.


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