The 1982 Volvo Grand Prix was a professional tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments. The circuit was administered by the Men's International Professional Tennis Council (MIPTC). On 30 April 1981 World Championship Tennis (WCT) announced its withdrawal from the Grand Prix circuit, which it had been incorporated into since 1978, and the re-establishment of its own tour calendar for the 1982 season. To counter the threat of player leaving the Grand Prix tour for the WCT the MIPTC introduced a mandatory commitment to play at least 10 Grand Prix Super Series tournaments.
Schedule
The table below shows the 1982 Volvo Grand Prix schedule (a precursor to the ATP Tour).
Total prize money amount for all tournaments according to ATP.
Key
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
January 1983
Grand Prix standings
1. Jimmy Connors (USA) 3355pts
2. Guillermo Vilas (Arg) 2495
3. Ivan Lendl (Cze) 2313
4. John McEnroe (USA) 2305
5. Mats Wilander (Sue)
6. Vitas Gerulaitis (USA)
7. José Higueras (Spain)
8. Johan Kriek (South Africa)
9. Andrés Gomez (Ecu)
10. Steve Denton (USA)
ATP rankings
<small>*The official ATP year-end rankings were listed from January 3rd, 1983.</small>
List of tournament winners
The list of winners and number of singles titles won, alphabetically by last name:
- John Alexander (2) Bristol, Sydney Outdoor
- Jimmy Arias (1) Tokyo Outdoor
- Mike Bauer (2) Bangkok, Adelaide
- Pat Cash (1) Melbourne (January 1983)
- José Luis Clerc (5) Richmond WCT, Venice, Gstaad, Zell am See, São Paulo
- Jimmy Connors (7) Monterrey, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Queen's Club, Wimbledon, Columbus, US Open
- Kevin Curren (1) Cologne
- Brad Drewett (1) Cairo
- Pat Du Pré (1) Hong Kong
- Wojciech Fibak (3) Amsterdam WCT, Bercy, Chicago-2 WCT
- Jaime Fillol (2) Bahia, Itaparica
- John Fitzgerald (1) Maui
- Rod Frawley (1) Adelaide-2
- Vitas Gerulaitis (5) Brussels, Florence, Toronto, Melbourne Indoor, Johannesburg
- Brad Gilbert (1) Taiwan
- Hans Gildemeister (1) Bordeaux
- Andrés Gómez (2) Rome, Quito
- Brian Gottfried (2) Tampa, Vienna
- José Higueras (2) Hamburg, Indianapolis
- Erick Iskersky (1) Metz
- Anders Järryd (2) Linz, Ancona
- Johan Kriek (3) Memphis, La Costa WCT, Australian Open
- Ramesh Krishnan (1) Stuttgart Outdoor
- Jay Lapidus (1) Stowe
- Henri Leconte (1) Stockholm
- Ivan Lendl (15) Delray Beach WCT, Genova WCT, Munich-2 WCT, Strasbourg WCT, Frankfurt, Houston, Dallas WCT, Forest Hills WCT, Washington, D.C., North Conway, Cincinnati, Los Angeles-2 WCT, Naples Finals WCT, Hartford, Masters
- Mario MartÃÂnez (1) Palermo
- Gene Mayer (1) Munich
- Sandy Mayer (1) Cleveland
- John McEnroe (5) Philadelphia, San Francisco, Sydney Indoor, Tokyo Indoor, Wembley
- Paul McNamee (1) Baltimore WCT
- Yannick Noah (3) La Quinta, South Orange, Toulouse
- Manuel Orantes (2) Bournemouth, Basel
- Hank Pfister (1) Newport
- Raúl RamÃÂrez (1) Caracas
- Pedro Rebolledo (1) Viña del Mar
- John Sadri (1) Denver
- Bill Scanlon (1) Zurich WCT
- TomáÃ
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 mÃÂd (2) Mexico City WCT, Cap d'Adge WCT
- Balázs Taróczy (2) Nice, Hilversum
- Brian Teacher (1) Dortmund
- Guillermo Vilas (7) Buenos Aires, Rotterdam, Milan, Monte Carlo, Madrid, Boston, Kitzbühel
- Mats Wilander (3) French Open, Geneva, Barcelona
- Tim Wilkison (1) Auckland
- Van Winitsky (2) Guarujá, Hilton Head WCT
The following players won their first title in 1982:
See also
References
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