1983 Donnay Indoor Championships

1983 Donnay Indoor Championships
Date7–13 March
Edition3rd
CategoryGrand Prix
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
SurfaceCarpet / indoor
LocationBrussels, Belgium
Champions
Singles
Australia Peter McNamara[1]
Doubles
Switzerland Heinz Günthardt / Hungary Balázs Taróczy[2]
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The 1983 Donnay Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Brussels in Belgium the event was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix. The tournament was held from 7 March through 13 March 1983. Fifth-seeded Peter McNamara defeated Ivan Lendl in the final of the singles event, despite trailing 4–5 and 0–30 on Lendl's serve, to win the title and the accompanying $50,000 first-prize money.[3][4]

Finals

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Singles

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Australia Peter McNamara defeated Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6

  • It was McNamara's only singles title of the year and the fifth and last of his career.

Doubles

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Switzerland Heinz Günthardt / Hungary Balázs Taróczy defeated Sweden Hans Simonsson / Sweden Mats Wilander, 6–2, 6–4

References

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  1. ^ "1983 Brussels Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ^ "1983 Brussels Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. ^ "Brussels Indoor 1983". International Tennis Federation.
  4. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1984). World of Tennis 1984 : the official yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Willow Books. pp. 129–130. ISBN 0002181223.