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1983 Bridgestone Doubles Championships

FieldValue
defchampUSA Martina Navratilova
USA Pam Shriver
champUSA Billie Jean King
USA Sharon Walsh
runnerUSA Kathy Jordan
USA Anne Smith
score6–1, 6–1
draw8
seeds4
typedoubles

USA Pam Shriver USA Sharon Walsh USA Anne Smith

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.

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.

  1. USA Kathy Jordan / USA Anne Smith (final)
  2. USA Rosemary Casals / AUS Wendy Turnbull (quarterfinals)
  3. USA Ann Kiyomura / USA Paula Smith (semifinals)
  4. USA Leslie Allen / SFR Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec (semifinals)

Draw

| RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=USA Kathy Jordan USA Anne Smith | RD1-score1-1=6 | RD1-score1-2=6 | RD1-score1-3= | RD1-seed2= | RD1-team2=USA Lea Antonoplis USA Barbara Jordan | RD1-score2-1=4 | RD1-score2-2=2 | RD1-score2-3=

| RD1-seed3=3 | RD1-team3=USA Ann Kiyomura USA Paula Smith | RD1-score3-1=7 | RD1-score3-2=6 | RD1-score3-3= | RD1-seed4= | RD1-team4=GBR Anne Hobbs AUS Susan Leo | RD1-score4-1=6 | RD1-score4-2=2 | RD1-score4-3=

| RD1-seed5= | RD1-team5=BRA Patricia Medrado BRA Cláudia Monteiro | RD1-score5-1=1 | RD1-score5-2=3 | RD1-score5-3= | RD1-seed6=4 | RD1-team6=USA Leslie Allen SFR Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec | RD1-score6-1=6 | RD1-score6-2=6 | RD1-score6-3=

| RD1-seed7= | RD1-team7=USA Billie Jean King USA Sharon Walsh | RD1-score7-1=3 | RD1-score7-2=6 | RD1-score7-3=7 | RD1-seed8=2 | RD1-team8=USA Rosemary Casals AUS Wendy Turnbull | RD1-score8-1=6 | RD1-score8-2=2 | RD1-score8-3=5

| RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=USA Kathy Jordan USA Anne Smith | RD2-score1-1=2 | RD2-score1-2=6 | RD2-score1-3=7 | RD2-seed2=3 | RD2-team2=USA Ann Kiyomura USA Paula Smith | RD2-score2-1=6 | RD2-score2-2=4 | RD2-score2-3=6

| RD2-seed3=4 | RD2-team3=USA Leslie Allen SFR Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec | RD2-score3-1=7 | RD2-score3-2=5 | RD2-score3-3=4 | RD2-seed4= | RD2-team4=USA Billie Jean King USA Sharon Walsh | RD2-score4-1=6 | RD2-score4-2=7 | RD2-score4-3=6

| RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=USA Kathy Jordan USA Anne Smith | RD3-score1-1=1 | RD3-score1-2=1 | RD3-score1-3= | RD3-seed2= | RD3-team2=USA Billie Jean King USA Sharon Walsh | RD3-score2-1=6 | RD3-score2-2=6 | RD3-score2-3=

References

References

  1. John Dolan. (2011). "Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide". Remous.
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