1982 WTA Tour
The 1982 Avon Championships World Championship Series was the 10th season since the foundation of the Women's Tennis Association. It commenced on January 4, 1982, and concluded on December 19, 1982, after 36 events. The Avon Championships World Championship Series was the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). It was held in place of the WTA Tour from 1982 until 1987 and featured tournaments that had previously been part of the Toyota Series and the Avon Series. It included the four Grand Slam tournaments and a series of other events. ITF tournaments were not part of the tour, although they awarded points for the WTA World Ranking.
Navrátilová became the first woman to eclipse the million dollar prize money | |
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Duration | 4 January 1982 – 19 December 1982 |
Edition | 12th |
Tournaments | 50 |
Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA championships (3) Avon Championships(11) Toyota Series (29) Non-Tour Events (1) |
Achievements (singles) | |
Most tournament titles | Martina Navratilova (15) |
Most tournament finals | Martina Navratilova (17) |
Prize money leader | Martina Navratilova ($1,475,055) |
Points leader | Martina Navratilova (19.165) |
Awards | |
Player of the year | Martina Navratilova |
Doubles Team of the year | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
Most improved player of the year | Sabina Simmonds |
Newcomer of the year | Zina Garrison |
← 1981 1983 → |
Schedule
The table below shows the 1982 Avon Championships World Championship Series schedule.
- Key
Grand Slam tournaments |
WTA championships |
Avon Championships Circuit |
Toyota Series |
Non-Tour Events |
Team events |
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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13 Sep | TV Tokyo Open Tokyo, Japan Toyota Series (Category 5) $150,000 – Carpet (i) – 16S Singles | Bettina Bunge 7–6(7–4), 6–2 | Barbara Potter | Sandy Collins Hana Mandlíková | Wendy Turnbull Mima Jaušovec Pam Casale Bonnie Gadusek |
27 Sep | US Indoors Hartford, United States Toyota Series (Category 4) $125,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles | Barbara Potter 6–4, 6–2 | Pam Shriver | Tracy Austin Wendy Turnbull | Camille Benjamin Susan Mascarin Mima Jaušovec Wendy White |
Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4 | Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh |
October
November
December
Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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6 Dec | Central Fidelity Banks International Richmond, United States Toyota Series (Category 5) $150,000 – Carpet (i) – 32S/16D Singles – Doubles | Wendy Turnbull 6–7, 6–4, 6–2 | Tracy Austin | Leigh-Anne Thompson Jennifer Russell | Bonnie Gadusek Virginia Ruzici Mima Jaušovec Mary-Lou Daniels |
Rosie Casals Candy Reynolds 6–3, 6–4 | Jennifer Russell Virginia Ruzici | ||||
13 Dec | Toyota Series Championships East Rutherford, United States WTA Championships $300,000 – Hard (i) – 12S/6D Singles – Doubles | Martina Navratilova 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 | Chris Evert-Lloyd | Hana Mandlíková Tracy Austin | Wendy Turnbull Barbara Potter Andrea Jaeger Pam Shriver |
Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver 6–4, 7–5 | Candy Reynolds Paula Smith |
Rankings
Below are the 1982 WTA year-end rankings (December 20, 1982) in singles competition:
Singles Year-end Ranking[1] | ||||
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No | Player Name | Points | 1981 | Change |
1 | Martina Navratilova (USA) | 19.165 | 3 | +2 |
2 | Chris Evert (USA) | 17.526 | 1 | -1 |
3 | Andrea Jaeger (USA) | 12.856 | 4 | +1 |
4 | Tracy Austin (USA) | 10.403 | 2 | -2 |
5 | Wendy Turnbull (AUS) | 9.783 | 8 | +3 |
6 | Pam Shriver (USA) | 9.156 | 7 | +1 |
7 | Hana Mandlíková (TCH) | 9.003 | 5 | -2 |
8 | Barbara Potter (USA) | 8.699 | 10 | +2 |
9 | Bettina Bunge (FRG) | 8.496 | 9 | = |
10 | Sylvia Hanika (FRG) | 8.260 | 6 | -4 |
11 | Virginia Ruzici (ROU) | 7.527 | 12 | +1 |
12 | Mima Jaušovec (YUG) | 7.097 | 11 | -1 |
13 | Anne Smith (USA) | 6.966 | 16 | +3 |
14 | Billie Jean King (USA) | 6.974 | NR | NR |
15 | Kathy Rinaldi (USA) | 6.593 | 33 | +18 |
16 | Zina Garrison (USA) | 6.343 | NR | NR |
17 | Rosalyn Fairbank (RSA) | 6.218 | 43 | +26 |
18 | Bonnie Gadusek (USA) | 5.956 | 25 | +17 |
19 | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (FRG) | 5.856 | 20 | +1 |
20 | Andrea Leand (USA) | 5.677 | NR | NR |
References
- "Womens International Computer Rankings" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association (WTA). 20 December 1982.