The 1983 Dallas Open also known as the Paine Webber Classic for sponsorship reasons, was a men's

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tournament held in

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in the United States and played on outdoor

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s at the Las Colinas Sports Club. The tournament was created and managed by Dallas-based Talent Sports International. It was part of the

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. The tournament took place from September 12 through September 18, 1983. Fourth-seeded

Andrés Gómez Andrés Gómez Santos (; born 27 February 1960) is an Ecuadorian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 4 in singles and world No. 1 in doubles. Gómez won 21 singles titles and 33 doubles titles during his caree ...

won the singles title over sixth-seeded Brian Teacher.

Finals

Singles

defeated

Brian Teacher Brian David Teacher (born December 23, 1954) is an American former professional tennis player. He reached career-high rankings of world No. 7 in singles and world No. 5 in doubles, both in 1981. Teacher is best remembered for being a major sing ...

6–7, 6–1, 6–1 * It was Gómez's only title of the year and the 16th of his career.

Doubles

Nduka Odizor Nduka Emmanuel Odizor (born 28 August 1958) is a former tennis player from Nigeria, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital ...

Van Winitsky Van Winitsky (born March 12, 1959) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He achieved a career-high rankings of World No. 7 in doubles in October 1983 and world No. 35 in singles in February 1984. Early and personal life ...

defeated

Steve Denton Steve Denton (born September 5, 1956) is a former professional tennis player. He is currently the head men's tennis coach at Texas A&M University. After becoming an all-American at the University of Texas in 1978, Denton spent nine seasons play ...

Sherwood Stewart Sherwood Stewart (born June 6, 1946) is a former professional tennis player who was active in the 1970s and 1980s. Stewart was ranked as high as No. 60 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings on December 31, 1978, and No. 4 in doubles on J ...

6–3, 7–5 * It was Odizor's 2nd title of the year and the 3rd of his career. It was Winitsky's only title of the year and the 12th of his career.

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External links

ITF tournament profile
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Finals

Singles

Doubles

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