Rosemary Casals and Wendy Turnbull were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Billie Jean King and Anne Smith.
| Doubles | |
|---|---|
| 1983 United Airlines Tournament of Champions | |
| 1982 Champions |  Rosemary Casals  Wendy Turnbull |
| Champions | Billie Jean King Anne Smith |
| Runners-up | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver |
| Score | 6–3, 1–6, 7–6 |
King and Smith won in the final 6–3, 1–6, 7–6 against Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver.
Seeds
editChampion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.
Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver (final)- Rosemary Casals /
Wendy Turnbull (semifinals) - Barbara Potter / Sharon Walsh (semifinals)
- Billie Jean King / Anne Smith (champions)
Draw
editKey
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 | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
 Rosalyn Fairbank Candy Reynolds
| 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh
| 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Barbara Potter Sharon Walsh
| 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kathleen Horvath Yvonne Vermaak
| 2 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Martina Navratilova Pam Shriver
| 3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Billie Jean King Anne Smith
| 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Andrea Jaeger Mary Lou Piatek
| 6 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Billie Jean King Anne Smith
| 3 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Billie Jean King Anne Smith
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull
| 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ann Kiyomura Paula Smith
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||