1983 Lipton WTA Championships – Doubles

Leslie Allen and Mima Jaušovec were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Allen with Chris Evert-Lloyd and Jaušovec with Betsy Nagelsen.

Doubles
1983 Lipton WTA Championships
Final
ChampionsSouth Africa Rosalyn Fairbank
United States Candy Reynolds
Runners-upCzechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková
Romania Virginia Ruzici
Score6–4, 6–2
Details
Draw32
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
← 1982 · Amelia Island Championships · 1984 →

Jaušovec and Nagelsen lost in the quarterfinals to Hana Mandlíková and Virginia Ruzici.

Allen and Evert-Lloyd lost in the semifinals to Mandlíková and Ruzici.

Rosalyn Fairbank and Candy Reynolds won in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Mandlíková and Ruzici.

Seeds

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Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.

Draw

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Final

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Final
     
    Hana Mandlíková
  Virginia Ruzici
4 2  
5   Rosalyn Fairbank
  Candy Reynolds
6 6  

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   C Kohde-Kilsch
  E Pfaff
6 0 2
    A-M Fernandez
  B Norton
2 6 6     A-M Fernandez
  B Norton
3 5  
    B Bunge
  E Goolagong Cawley
1 3       H Mandlíková
  V Ruzici
6 7  
    H Mandlíková
  V Ruzici
6 6       H Mandlíková
  V Ruzici
6 1 7
    C Benjamin
  C Vanier
7 7   8   M Jaušovec
  B Nagelsen
2 6 6
    H Suková
  R Tomanová
6 6       C Benjamin
  C Vanier
6 0  
    C O'Neil
  P Whytcross
4 6   8   M Jaušovec
  B Nagelsen
7 6  
8   M Jaušovec
  B Nagelsen
6 7       H Mandlíková
  V Ruzici
6 6  
4   A Moulton
  B Potter
4 6   7   L Allen
  C Evert-Lloyd
2 2  
    P Delhees
  M Mesker
6 7       P Delhees
  M Mesker
3 6 4
    S Barker
  B Stöve
5 3       C Bassett
  Z Garrison
6 3 6
    C Bassett
  Z Garrison
7 6       C Bassett
  Z Garrison
3 3  
    J Goodling
  V Nelson
0 6 0 7   L Allen
  C Evert-Lloyd
6 6  
    B Remilton
  A Tobin
6 4 6     B Remilton
  A Tobin
4 3  
    S Collins
  N Yeargin
2 4   7   L Allen
  C Evert-Lloyd
6 6  
7   L Allen
  C Evert-Lloyd
6 6  

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5   R Fairbank
  C Reynolds
4 6 6
    B Hallquist
  A White
6 3 1 5   R Fairbank
  C Reynolds
6 6  
    L Forood
  J Klitch
7 6       L Forood
  W White
2 3  
    J Davis
  K Latham
5 1   5   R Fairbank
  C Reynolds
6 6  
    A Leand
  C Tanvier
6 6   3   K Horvath
  Y Vermaak
4 2  
    F Raschiatore
  K Steinmetz
2 1       A Leand
  C Tanvier
     
    Y Brzáková
  I Budařová
7 1 1 3   K Horvath
  Y Vermaak
w/o    
3   K Horvath
  Y Vermaak
6 6 6 5   R Fairbank
  C Reynolds
2 6 6
6   P Medrado
  C Monteiro
3 1   2   R Casals
  P Smith
6 0 4
    I Madruga-Osses
  S Simmonds
6 6       I Madruga-Osses
  S Simmonds
6 6  
    S Mascarin
  E Sayers
6 4 6     S Mascarin
  E Sayers
1 2  
    B Gadusek
  W White
2 6 2     I Madruga-Osses
  S Simmonds
0 1  
    J Filkoff
  A Minter
4 3   2   R Casals
  P Smith
6 6  
    L Bonder
  D-H Lee
6 6       L Bonder
  D-H Lee
6 3 1
    M Pazderová
  C Perea-Alcalá
3 0   2   R Casals
  P Smith
4 6 6
2   R Casals
  P Smith
6 6  
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