John McEnroe was the defending champion but lost in the final 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 to Ivan Lendl.
| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 1982 World Championship Tennis Finals | |
| Champion |  Ivan Lendl |
| Runner-up |  John McEnroe |
| Score | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Seeds edit
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.
John McEnroe (final)
Ivan Lendl (champion)
Draw edit
Key edit
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | John McEnroe
| 5 | 6 | 2 | 710 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Scanlon
| 7 | 4 | 6 | 68 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | John McEnroe
| 6 | 6 | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Dibbs
| 4 | 4 | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tomáš Šmíd
| 4 | 65 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Dibbs
| 6 | 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | John McEnroe
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ivan Lendl
| 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 José Luis Clerc
| 77 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Vijay Amritraj
| 64 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Vijay Amritraj
| 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ivan Lendl
| 6 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Wojciech Fibak
| 1 | 4 | 6 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ivan Lendl
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
References edit
- 1982 World Championship Tennis Finals Draw (Archived 2009-05-07)