1983 US Open (tennis)

July 2023 July 2023 1983 US Open August 30 – September 11 103rd Hardcourt Grand Slam (ITF) New York City, New York, United States USA Jimmy Connors USA Martina Navratilova USA Peter Fleming / USA John McEnroe USA Martina Navratilova / USA Pam Shriver AUS Elizabeth Sayers / AUS John Fitzgerald SWE Stefan Edberg AUS Elizabeth Minter AUS Mark Kratzmann / AUS Simon Youl USA Ann Hulbert / AUS Bernadette Randall The 1983 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 103rd edition of the US Open and was held from August 30 to September 11, 1983. The event was marred by the death of linesman Dick Wertheim from blunt cranial trauma after an errant serve by Stefan Edberg struck his groin, causing him to fall and hit his head.Odd mishap fells tennis official https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fwIMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jFkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7153,2693520 Evening Independent St. Petersburg, Florida 3-C 12 September 1983 20 November 2008 Seniors Men's singles 1983 US Open – Men's singles USA Jimmy Connors defeated CSK Ivan Lendl 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 7–5, 6–0 It was Connors's 8th and last career Grand Slam title, his 5th US Open title and his 100th ATP single title. Women's singles 1983 US Open – Women's singles USA Martina Navratilova defeated USA Chris Evert 6–1, 6–3 It was Navratilova's 20th career Grand Slam title and her 1st US Open title. Men's doubles 1983 US Open – Men's doubles USA Peter Fleming / USA John McEnroe defeated USA Fritz Buehning / USA Van Winitsky 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 It was Fleming's 6th career Grand Slam title and his 3rd and last US Open title. It was McEnroe's 12th career Grand Slam title and his 6th US Open title. Women's doubles 1983 US Open – Women's doubles USA Martina Navratilova / USA Pam Shriver defeated RSA 1928 Rosalyn Fairbank / USA Candy Reynolds 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–3 It was Navratilova's 21st career Grand Slam title and her 5th US Open title. It was Shriver's 5th career Grand Slam title and her 1st US Open title. Mixed doubles 1983 US Open – Mixed doubles AUS Elizabeth Sayers / AUS John Fitzgerald defeated USA Barbara Potter / USA Ferdi Taygan 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 It was Sayers' 1st career Grand Slam title and her 1st US Open title. It was Fitzgerald's 2nd career Grand Slam title and his 1st US Open title. Juniors Boys' singles SWE Stefan Edberg defeated AUS Simon Youl 6–2, 6–4 Girls' singles AUS Elizabeth Minter defeated USA Marianne Werdel 6–3, 7–5 Boys' doubles AUS Mark Kratzmann / AUS Simon Youl defeated USA Patrick McEnroe / USA Brad Pearce 6–1, 7–6 Girls' doubles USA Ann Hulbert / AUS Bernadette Randall defeated URS Natasha Reva / URS Larisa Savchenko 6–4, 6–2 References External links Official US Open website 1983 Wimbledon Championships Grand Slams 1983 Australian Open US Open Category:US Open (tennis) by year US Open US Open US Open US Open