The 1983 Australian Open was a

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tournament played on

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s at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in

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in Victoria in Australia. It was the 72nd edition of the Australian Open and was held from 29 November through 11 December 1983.

Seniors

Men's singles

Mats Wilander Mats Arne Olof Wilander (; born 22 August 1964) is a Swedish former world No. 1 tennis player. From 1982 to 1988, he won seven major singles titles (three at the French Open, three at the Australian Open, and one at the US Open), and one majo ...

defeated

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, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4 :• It was Wilander's 2nd career Grand Slam singles title and his 1st title at the Australian Open.

Women's singles

Martina Navratilova defeated

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, 6–2, 7–6^(7–5) :• It was Navratilova's 8th career Grand Slam singles title and her 2nd title at the Australian Open.

Men's doubles

Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson (born 28 June 1954 in Gosford, New South Wales) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. Edmondson won the 1976 Australian Open while ranked 212th in the world, and remains the lowest-ranked winner of a Grand Slam t ...

/ Paul McNamee defeated

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6–3, 7–6 * It was Edmondson's 4th career Grand Slam title and his 4th Australian Open title. It was McNamee's 4th and last career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Australian Open title.

Women's doubles

Martina Navratilova /

Pam Shriver Pamela Howard Shriver (born July 4, 1962) is an American former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster and pundit. During the 1980s and 1990s, Shriver won 133 titles, including 21 singles titles, 111 women's doubles titles, an ...

defeated Anne Hobbs /

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6–4, 6–7, 6–2 * It was Navratilova's 23rd career Grand Slam title and her 5th Australian Open title. It was Shriver's 6th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd Australian Open title.

Mixed doubles

:''The competition was not held between 1970 and 1986.''

Juniors

Boys' singles

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With this victory Edberg completed the only junior Grand Slam in a calendar year in the

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to date. Butch Buchholz completed the same Grand Slam in 1958, but the US Open junior events were invitational at that time. defeated

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6–4, 6–4

Girls' singles

Amanda Brown defeated Bernadette Randall 7–6, 6–3

Boys' doubles

Jamie Harty Jamie Harty is an Australian former professional tennis player. Harty, a Wollongong native, trained at the Australian Institute of Sport and was runner-up to Pat Cash at the U16s national championships in 1980. A left-handed player, he compete ...

Des Tyson Desmond Tyson (born 26 September 1965) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Biography A right-handed player, Tyson comes from the New South Wales town of Griffith. He partnered with Jamie Harty to win the boys' doubles title ...

defeated

Darren Cahill Darren Cahill (born 2 October 1965) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Australia. In addition, Cahill is a tennis analyst for the Grand Slam events on the US sports network ESPN and a coach with the Adidas Player Deve ...

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3–6, 6–4, 6–3

Girls' doubles

Bernadette Randall /

Kim Staunton Kim Staunton (born 24 March 1966) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Staunton, a player from Sydney, was a two-time Australian Open girls' doubles champion, with Annette Gulley in 1982 and Bernadette Randall Bernadette Ra ...

defeated

Jenny Byrne Jenny Byrne (born 25 February 1967) is a former tennis player from Australia who turned professional in 1987 and retired from the tour in 1997. Her career-high world rankings were world No. 45 in singles (in 1989) and world No. 27 in doubles ( ...

/ Janine Thompson 3–6, 6–3, 6–3

Notes

External links

Official website Australian Open
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