1982 World Championship Tennis circuit

1982 World Championship Tennis circuit Finale ABN Tennistoernooi Rotterdam Lendl in actie, Bestanddeelnr 932-9002.jpg Lendl won 11 titles 200px 19 January 1982 – 24 January 1983 11th 23 TCH Ivan Lendl (11) TCH Ivan Lendl (11) TCH Ivan Lendl ($1,349,000) TCH Ivan Lendl (481) Spring TCH Ivan Lendl (920) Summer/Fall POL Wojciech Fibak (1,420) Winter 1977 1983 The 1982 World Championship Tennis circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1982. It was organized by World Championship Tennis (WCT). On 30 April 1981 WCT announced its withdrawal from the Grand Prix circuit, into which it had been incorporated since the 1978 season, and the re-establishment of its own full calendar season for 1982. According to WCT owner Lamar Hunt the reasons for the withdrawal were the restrictions placed on them by the Men's Professional Council, the administrators of the Grand Prix circuit.World of Tennis 1982 1982 Queen Anne Press London 0356085961 John Barrett 167–177 registration https://archive.org/details/isbn_0356085961/page/167Tennis World War Declared https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WsxaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=slkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4820%2C3379320 The Evening Independent May 11, 1981 The 1982 WCT circuit consisted of a Spring Tour, with nine tournaments, a Summer/Fall Tour, with five tournaments, and a Winter Tour with six tournaments. Each tour segment had its own finals tournament (Dallas, Naples and Detroit respectively).World of Tennis 1983 1983 Queen Anne Press London 0356093832 John Barrett 161, 162 Total prize money, including bonuses, for the circuit was $7,933,000, which represented an increase of approximately $5 million compared to 1981. Calendar Spring circuit WeekTournamentChampionRunner-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists 19 Jan Mexico City WCT Mexico City, Mexico Carpet (i) – $300,000 – 32S/16D TCH Tomáš Šmíd 3–6, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2 USA John Sadri USA Bruce Manson AUS Paul McNameeARG José Luis Clerc HUN Balázs Taróczy USA Terry Moor USA Tony Giammalva USA Ferdi Taygan USA Sherwood Stewart 6–4, 7–5 TCH Tomáš Šmíd HUN Balázs Taróczy 25 Jan Delray Beach WCT Delray Beach, Florida, US Clay – $300,000 – 32S/16D TCH Ivan Lendl 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 AUS Peter McNamara USA Eliot Teltscher ARG José Luis Clerc AUS Paul McNamee AUS David Carter HUN Balázs Taróczy ESP José Higueras USA Eliot Teltscher USA Mel Purcell 6–4, 7–6 TCH Tomáš Šmíd HUN Balázs Taróczy 8 Feb Richmond WCT Richmond, Virginia, US Carpet (i) – $300,000 – 16S/8D ARG José Luis Clerc 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 USA Fritz Buehning POL Wojciech Fibak AUS Mark Edmondson USA Tom Cain USA John Sadri AUS Peter McNamara AUS Kim Warwick AUS Mark Edmondson 6–4, 6–2 AUS Syd Ball FRG Rolf Gehring 22 Feb Genova WCT Genova, Italy Carpet (i) – $300,000 – 32S/16D TCH Ivan Lendl 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 USA Vitas Gerulaitis IND Vijay Amritraj GBR Buster Mottram POL Wojciech Fibak USA Bill Scanlon HUN Balázs Taróczy TCH Tomáš Šmíd TCH Tomáš Šmíd TCH Pavel Složil 6–7, 7–5, 7–3 USA Mike Cahill GBR Buster Mottram 8 Mar Munich Cup Munich, West Germany Carpet (i) – $300,000 – 32S/16D TCH Ivan Lendl 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–2 TCH Tomáš Šmíd RSA 1928 Johan Kriek SUI Heinz Günthardt USA Terry Moor IND Vijay Amritraj ITA Corrado Barazzutti POL Wojciech Fibak TCH Tomáš Šmíd AUS Mark Edmondson 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 RSA 1928 Kevin Curren USA Steve Denton 15 Mar Strasbourg WCT Strasbourg, France Carpet (i) – $300,000 – 32S/16D TCH Ivan Lendl 6–0, 7–5, 6–1 USA Tim Mayotte USA Terry Moor USA Sandy Mayer AUS John Fitzgerald HUN Balázs Taróczy SUI Heinz Günthardt POL Wojciech Fibak AUS John Fitzgerald POL Wojciech Fibak 6–4, 6–3 USA Sandy Mayer RSA 1928 Frew McMillan28 Mar Zurich WCT Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (i) – $300,000 – 32S/16D USA Bill Scanlon7–5, 7–6, 1–6, 0–6, 6–4 USA Vitas GerulaitisFRA Pascal PortesRSA 1928 Kevin CurrenARG Guillermo VilasISR Shlomo GlicksteinITA Corrado BarazzuttiAUS John Fitzgerald USA Sammy GiammalvaUSA Tom Gullikson6–4, 6–2 POL Wojciech FibakAUS John Fitzgerald 12 Apr Houston WCTHouston, Texas, US Clay – $300,000 – 32S/16D TCH Ivan Lendl 3–6, 7–6, 6–0, 1–4, ret. ARG José Luis Clerc ECU Andrés Gómez AUS Peter McNamara USA Eddie Dibbs USA Eliot Teltscher BOL Mario Martínez PAR Víctor Pecci USA Steve Denton RSA 1928 Kevin Curren 7–5, 6–4 AUS Mark Edmondson AUS Peter McNamara 20 AprilDallas WCT Finals Dallas, Texas, US Carpet (i) – $300,000 – 8S TCH Ivan Lendl 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 USA John McEnroe USA Eddie Dibbs IND Vijay Amritraj USA Bill Scanlon TCH Tomáš Šmíd ARG José Luis Clerc POL Wojciech Fibak Summer / Fall circuit WeekTournamentChampionRunner-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists 27 Apr Hilton Head WCT Hilton Head, South Carolina, US Clay – $300,000 – 32S/16D USA Van Winitsky 6–4, 6–4 NZL Chris Lewis AUS Mark Edmondson RSA 1928 Eddie Edwards BRA Carlos Kirmayr NGR Nduka Odizor USA Tom Cain ECU Andrés Gómez AUS Mark Edmondson AUS Rod Frawley USA Van Winitsky USA Alan Waldman 2 May WCT Tournament of Champions Forest Hills, New York, US Clay – $300,000 – 64S/32D TCH Ivan Lendl 6–1, 6–1 USA Eddie Dibbs USA John McEnroe ARG José Luis Clerc USA John Sadri USA Brian Teacher PER Pablo Arraya USA Mel Purcell USA Johan Kriek USA Tracy Delatte 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 USA Dick Stockton USA Erik van Dillen 12 Jul Zell am See WCT Zell am See, Austria Clay – $300,000 – 32S/16D ARG José Luis Clerc 6–0, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 SUI Heinz Günthardt ESP José Higueras TCH Tomáš Šmíd USA Bruce Manson POL Wojciech Fibak TCH Pavel Složil BRA Cássio Motta USA Bruce Manson POL Wojciech Fibak 6–7, 6–4, 6–4 USA Tony Giammalva USA Sammy Giammalva 26 Jul Cap d'Agde WCT Cap d'Agde, France Hard – $300,000 – 32S/16D TCH Tomáš Šmíd 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 6–2 USA Lloyd Bourne USA Drew Gitlin BRA Carlos Kirmayr ITA Corrado Barazzutti FRG Peter Elter TCH Pavel Složil POL Wojciech Fibak USA Drew Gitlin USA Andy Andrews 6–2, 6–4 TCH Pavel Složil TCH Tomáš Šmíd 10 Aug La Costa WCT La Costa, California, US Hard – $300,000 – 16S/8D USA Johan Kriek 6–0, 4–6, 6–0, 6–4 USA Roscoe Tanner HUN Balázs Taróczy USA John Sadri ARG Guillermo Vilas USA Brian Teacher ESP José Higueras AUS Kim Warwick USA Johan Kriek USA Fritz Buehning 3–6, 7–6, 6–3 USA Robert Lutz MEX Raúl Ramírez 20 Sep Los Angeles WCT Los Angeles, US Carpet (i) – $300,000 – 32S/16D TCH Ivan Lendl 7–6(7–5), 7–5, 6–1 RSA 1928 Kevin Curren POL Wojciech Fibak USA Van Winitsky USA Bill Scanlon USA Bruce Manson USA Terry Moor USA Butch Walts USA Hank Pfister RSA 1928 Kevin Curren 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 USA Andy Andrews USA Drew Gitlin 14 OctNaples WCT Fall Finals Naples, Italy Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 8S Singles TCH Ivan Lendl 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 POL Wojciech Fibak USA Johan Kriek TCH Tomáš Šmíd SUI Heinz Günthardt ESP José Higueras ARG José Luis Clerc ARG Guillermo Vilas Winter circuit WeekTournamentChampionRunner-upSemifinalistsQuarterfinalists 18 Oct Amsterdam WCT Amsterdam, Netherlands Carpet (i) – $300,000 – 16S/8D POL Wojciech Fibak 7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 RSA 1928 Kevin Curren TCH Tomáš Šmíd HUN Balázs Taróczy SUI Heinz Günthardt BRA Carlos Kirmayr ESP José Higueras URU José Luis Damiani TCH Tomáš Šmíd USA Fritz Buehning 4–6, 6–3, 6–0 RSA 1928 Kevin Curren GBR Buster Mottram 1 Nov Baltimore WCT Baltimore, Maryland, US Carpet (i) – $300,000 – 16S/D18 AUS Paul McNamee 4–6, 7–5, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3 ARG Guillermo Vilas USA Jimmy Arias RSA 1928 Kevin Curren USA Bill Scanlon IND Vijay Amritraj BOL Mario Martínez USA John Sadri USA Tony Giammalva IND Anand Amritraj 7–5, 6–2 IND Vijay Amritraj AUS Fred Stolle15 Nov Dortmund WCT Dortmund, West Germany Carpet (i) – $300,000 – 32S/16D USA Brian Teacher 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 POL Wojciech Fibak USA Tom Gullikson TCH Tomáš Šmíd USA Mark Dickson RSA 1928 Freddie Sauer USA Chip Hooper PAR Francisco González TCH Tomáš Šmíd TCH Pavel Složil 6–2, 6–7, 6–1 USA Mike Cahill PAR Francisco González 30 Nov Chicago-2 WCT Chicago, Illinois, US Carpet – $300,000 – 16S/D18 POL Wojciech Fibak 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 USA Bill Scanlon ARG Guillermo Vilas USA Tom Gullikson USA Terry Moor USA Harold Solomon HUN Balázs Taróczy ARG José Luis Clerc IND Vijay Amritraj IND Anand Amritraj 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 USA Mike Cahill USA Bruce Manson 14 Dec Hartford WCT Hartford, Connecticut, US Carpet (i)– $300,000 – 16S/8D TCH Ivan Lendl 6–2, 6–4, 7–5 USA Bill Scanlon HUN Balázs Taróczy USA Robert Lutz URU José Luis Damiani USA Mark Dickson CHI Hans Gildemeister USA Jay Lapidus USA Dick Stockton USA Robert Lutz 7–6, 6–3 USA Mike Cahill USA Tracy Delatte 24 Jan 1983*Detroit WCT Winter Finals Detroit, Michigan, US Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 8S TCH Ivan Lendl 7–5, 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 ARG Guillermo Vilas RSA 1928 Kevin Curren USA Bill Scanlon HUN Balázs Taróczy USA Brian Teacher POL Wojciech Fibak AUS Paul McNamee * The Detroit World Championship Tennis Winter Finals was played in January 1983 but was part of the 1982 WCT season. Prize money leaders Prize money earned at WCT events during the calendar year 1982, excluding the Winter Finals played in Detroit in January 1983. Rk Name Prize Money 1 TCH Ivan Lendl $1,349,000 2 POL Wojciech Fibak $487,780 3 ARG José Luis Clerc $454,750 4 TCH Tomáš Šmíd $440,370 5 USA Bill Scanlon $276,600 6 HUN Balázs Taróczy $171,910 7 IND Vijay Amritraj $171,425 8 RSA 1928/USA Johan Kriek $162,000 9 RSA 1928 Kevin Curren $160,610 10 USA John McEnroe $153,750 11 USA Eddie Dibbs $149,750 12 AUS Paul McNamee $145,925 13 SUI Heinz Günthardt $136,355 14 USA Brian Teacher $116,750 15 AUS Peter McNamara $105,820 16 ARG Guillermo Vilas $100,425 17 USA John Sadri $97,500 18 USA Fritz Buehning $83,160 19 USA Bruce Manson $73,220 20 USA Vitas Gerulaitis $72,925 Standings The 1982 WCT season was divided into three segments, the Spring Tour, the Summer/Fall Tour and the Winter Tour. These are the standings of the top twenty singles players on the WCT circuit for each of these segments. 1982 Spring Tour standings # Player Points 1 TCH Ivan Lendl 481 2 ARG José Luis Clerc 320 3 POL Wojciech Fibak 281 4 IND Vijay Amritraj 235 5 TCH Tomáš Šmíd 226 6 AUS Peter McNamara 215 7 USA John McEnroe 200 8 USA Vitas Gerulaitis 196 9 HUN Balázs Taróczy 190 10 USA Eddie Dibbs 170 11 USA Bill Scanlon 151 12 PAR Víctor Pecci 141 13 USA Terry Moor 136 14 USA Eliot Teltscher 136 15 USA John Sadri 121 16 BRA Carlos Kirmayr 120 17 USA Fritz Buehning 115 18 RSA 1928 Johan Kriek 115 19 AUS John Fitzgerald 112 20 SUI Heinz Günthardt 108 1982 Summer/Fall Tour standings # Player Points 1 TCH Ivan Lendl 920 2 TCH Tomáš Šmíd 780 3 ARG José Luis Clerc 750 4 ARG Guillermo Vilas 690 5 USA Johan Kriek 640 6 ESP José Higueras 500 7 SUI Heinz Günthardt 480 = POL Wojciech Fibak 480 9 USA Roscoe Tanner 440 10 USA Lloyd Bourne 420 11 USA Kevin Curren 390 12 PAR Víctor Pecci 310 13 HUN Balázs Taróczy 290 14 BRA Carlos Kirmayr 250 = TCH Pavel Složil 250 16 USA Drew Gitlin 240 17 USA John Sadri 220 = USA Brian Teacher 220 = USA Van Winitsky 220 20 USA Eliot Teltscher 210 = USA Nick Saviano 210 = AUS Kim Warwick 210 1982 Winter Tour standings # Player Points 1 POL Wojciech Fibak 1,420 2 USA Bill Scanlon 840 3 USA Kevin Curren 620 = ARG Guillermo Vilas 620 5 HUN Balázs Taróczy 610 6 AUS Peter McNamara 570 7 TCH Ivan Lendl 500 = USA Brian Teacher 500 9 USA Tom Gullikson 400 = TCH Tomáš Šmíd 400 11 URU Jose Luis Damiani 270 = USA Mark Dickson 270 = USA Robert Lutz 270 14 ARG José Luis Clerc 240 = SUI Heinz Günthardt 240 16 IND Vijay Amritraj 210 = USA Harold Solomon 210 18 USA Jimmy Arias 200 19 CHI Hans Gildemeister 170 20 USA Terry Moor 170 See also 1982 Grand Prix circuit References External links 1976 ATP results archive Category:World Championship Tennis circuit seasons World Championship Tennis