1982 Australian Open

The 1982 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 71st edition of the Australian Open and was held from Monday 29 November through Monday 13 December 1982.

1982 Australian Open
Date29 November – 13 December
Edition71st
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
SurfaceGrass
LocationMelbourne, Australia
VenueKooyong Lawn Tennis Club
Champions
Men's Singles
Johan Kriek
Women's Singles
Chris Evert-Lloyd
Men's Doubles
John Alexander / John Fitzgerald
Women's Doubles
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver
Boys' Singles
Mark Kratzmann
Girls' Singles
Amanda Brown

Seniors

Men's Singles

Johan Kriek defeated Steve Denton 6–3, 6–3, 6–2

  • It was Kriek's 2nd and last career Grand Slam title and his 2nd consecutive Australian Open title.

Women's Singles

Chris Evert defeated Martina Navratilova 6–3, 2–6, 6–3

  • It was Evert-Lloyd's 13th major title and her 1st Australian Open title.

Men's Doubles

John Alexander / John Fitzgerald defeated Andy Andrews / John Sadri 6–4, 7–6

  • It was Alexander's 2nd and last career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Australian Open title. It was Fitzgerald's 1st career Grand Slam title and his only Australian Open title.

Women's Doubles

Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Claudia Kohde / Eva Pfaff 6–4, 6–2

  • It was Navratilova's 17th career Grand Slam title and her 3rd Australian Open title. It was Shriver's 3rd career Grand Slam title and her 1st Australian Open title.

Mixed Doubles

The competition was not held between 1970 and 1986.

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Mark Kratzmann defeated Simon Youl 6–3, 7–5

Girls' Singles

Amanda Brown defeated Pascale Paradis 6–3, 6–4

Prize money

Event W F SF QF 4R 3R 2R 1R
Singles [1] Men $72,000 $36,000 $18,00 $9,000 $5,500 $3,100 $1,800 $900
Women $40,000 $22,000 $13,437 $7,200 $4,100 $2,400 $1,300

Total prize money for the men's events was $450,000. Total prize money for the women's events was $350,000.

References

  1. John Barrett, ed. (1983). World of Tennis. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0356093840.


Preceded by
1982 US Open
Grand Slams Succeeded by
1983 French Open
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