1983 ATP Challenger Series

The ATP Challenger Series is the second-tier tour for professional tennis organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). The 1983 ATP Challenger Series calendar comprises 35 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $25,000 up to $75,000.^[1]

Schedule[edit]

January[edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
January 3	Perth Challenger Perth, Australia Grass – $25,000 – 64S/32D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Wally Masur 6–2, 4–6, 7–6	Juan Farrow	Eddie Edwards Dave Siegler	Ken Barton Wayne Hampson Peter Johnston Broderick Dyke
		John Benson Chris Johnstone 3–6, 6–4, 7–6	Peter Doohan Michael Fancutt
January 10	No tournaments scheduled.
January 17	No tournaments scheduled.
January 24	No tournaments scheduled.
January 31	No tournaments scheduled.

February[edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
February 7	Nairobi Challenger Nairobi, Kenya Clay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Michiel Schapers 6–3, 6–4	John Austin	Hans-Peter Kandler Gerald Mild	Phil Lehnhoff Juan Hernández Bernhard Pils Fernando Maynetto
		John Austin Larry Stefanki 6–2, 6–3	Phil Lehnhoff Mark Wagner
February 14	Ogun Challenger Ogun, Nigeria Hard – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Larry Stefanki 5–7, 6–3, 8–6	Mike Barr	Leo Palin Sashi Menon	Leif Shiras Helmar Stiegler Gerald Mild Bernhard Pils
		Robin Drysdale Haroon Ismail 4–6, 7–6, 9–7	Hans-Peter Kandler Gerald Mild
February 21	Kuwait City Challenger Kuwait City, Kuwait Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Vitas Gerulaitis 7–6, 4–6, 6–3	Heinz Günthardt	Magnus Tideman Stanislav Birner	Michael Westphal Zoltán Kuhárszky Rod Frawley Libor Pimek
		Vijay Amritraj Ilie Năstase 6–3, 3–6, 6–2	Broderick Dyke Rod Frawley
	Lagos Open Lagos, Nigeria Hard – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Craig Wittus 6-3, 4–6, 11-9	Michiel Schapers	Hans-Peter Kandler Jonathan Canter	Colin Dowdeswell Rick Fagel Bernhard Pils Leif Shiras
		Wesley Cash John Mattke 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Jonathan Canter Joe Meyers
February 28	Palm Hills International Tennis Challenger Cairo, Egypt Clay – $75,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Henrik Sundström 6–7, 6–2, 6–0	Juan Avendaño	Fernando Luna Gianluca Rinaldini	Brad Drewett Ángel Giménez Stefan Simonsson Sergio Casal
		Broderick Dyke Rod Frawley 6–3, 6–2	Brad Drewett John Feaver
	Kaduna Challenger Kaduna, Nigeria Clay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Patrice Kuchna 7–5, 6–4	Hans-Peter Kandler	Huub van Boeckel Joe Meyers	Mike Barr Thierry Pham Ola Hellgren Bernhard Pils
		Mike Barr Jakob Hlasek 6–4, 6–1	Bernhard Pils Helmar Stiegler

March[edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
March 7	Tunis Challenger Tunis, Tunisia Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Henrik Sundström 6–3, 6–4, 6–2	Thierry Tulasne	Magnus Tideman Fernando Luna	Manuel Orantes Juan Aguilera Sergio Casal Peter Elter
		Per Hjertquist Gilles Moretton 6–4, 6–3	Peter Herrmann Damir Keretić
March 14	No tournaments scheduled.
March 21	No tournaments scheduled.
March 28	São Paulo Challenger São Paulo, Brazil Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Zoltán Kuhárszky 6–4, 4–6, 6–1	Víctor Pecci	Tony Giammalva Carlos Kirmayr	Trey Waltke João Soares Ernie Fernández Steve Meister
		Zoltán Kuhárszky Gabriel Mattos 6–2, 3–6, 6–3	Víctor Pecci Hugo Roverano

April[edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
April 4	Curitiba Challenger Curitiba, Brazil Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Zoltán Kuhárszky 6–2, 7–6	Júlio Góes	Edvaldo Oliveira Pedro Rebolledo	Eduardo Bengoechea Steve Meister Thomaz Koch Pender Murphy
		David Carter Steve Meister 6–3, 6–3	Givaldo Barbosa João Soares
	Johannesburg Challenger Johannesburg, South Africa Hard – $25,000 – 64S/32D Singles draw – Doubles draw	John Austin 1–6, 6–3, 6–2	Robert Van't Hof	Mike Myburg Christo van Rensburg	Denys Maasdorp Danie Visser David Schneider Richard Meyer
		Richard Meyer Frew McMillan 6–4, 6–4	Eddie Edwards Raymond Moore
April 11	Ashkelon Challenger Ashkelon, Israel Hard – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Shlomo Glickstein 6–3, 6–3	Amos Mansdorf	David Schneider Robert Reininger	Colin Dowdeswell Per-Ola Lindquist Peter Feigl Huub van Boeckel
		Stefan Svensson Huub van Boeckel 6–4, 4–6, 6–3	Rodney Crowley Rand Evett
April 18	Hypo Group Tennis International Bari, Italy Clay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Corrado Barazzutti 6–0, 6–1	Carlos Castellan	Juan Aguilera Bruce Derlin	Alejandro Pierola Eric Jelen Martín Jaite Francesco Cancellotti
		Luca Bottazzi Simone Colombo 6–2, 3–6, 6–3	Mario Calautti Bruce Derlin
	Tokyo Challenger Tokyo, Japan Hard – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Tsuyoshi Fukui 6–4, 6–0	Michael Wayman	Jeff Turpin Peter Johnston	Joel Bailey John Frawley Simon Youl Leo Palin
		Charles Strode Morris Strode 6–3, 6–4	David Dowlen Jeff Turpin
April 25	Galatina Challenger Galatina, Italy Clay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Francesco Cancellotti 7–6, 6–1	Miguel Mir	Roland Stadler Juan Aguilera	Jimmy Brown Mansour Bahrami Emilio Sánchez Bruce Foxworth
		Bruce Derlin Huub van Boeckel 6–2, 7–5	Iván Camus Ivan Dupasquier
	Nagoya Challenger Nagoya, Japan Hard – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Leo Palin 6–4, 6–2	Joel Bailey	Morris Strode Greg Whitecross	Jeff Turpin Shinichi Sakamoto Leif Shiras Charles Strode
		Joel Bailey Jeff Turpin 6–4, 3–6, 7–6	Charles Strode Morris Strode

May[edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
May 2	Parioli Challenger Parioli, Italy Clay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Jimmy Brown 6–1, 6–2	Corrado Barazzutti	Sergio Casal Stefan Simonsson	Bruce Foxworth Francesco Cancellotti Ricardo Cano Ulrich Pinner
		Givaldo Barbosa Ney Keller 6–3, 6–2	Gianni Marchetti Enzo Vattuone
	Solihull Challenger Solihull, Great Britain Clay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Robbie Venter 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Broderick Dyke	Egan Adams John McCurdy	Jonathan Smith Gabriel Urpí Steve Krulevitz Andrew Jarrett
		Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith 6–2, 4–6, 6–4	Raymond Moore David Schneider
May 9	Lee-on-Solent Challenger Lee-on-Solent, Great Britain Clay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Robbie Venter 6–3, 6–1	Jeremy Bates	Scott Lipton David Schneider	Bruce Foxworth Syd Ball Jonathan Smith Nick Brown
		Charlie Fancutt Greg Whitecross 6–3, 3–6, 6–4	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith
May 16	Spring Challenger Spring, USA Hard (i) – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Leif Shiras 6–1, 6–0	Ross Case	Sean Brawley Lloyd Bourne	Butch Walts David Dowlen Juan Farrow Andy Kohlberg
		Andrew Pattison Butch Walts 7–6, 6–7, 6–4	Anand Amritraj Lloyd Bourne
May 23	No tournaments scheduled.
May 30	Tampere Open Tampere, Finland Clay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Marko Ostoja 6–4, 6–2	Scott Lipton	Pender Murphy Jim Gurfein	Peter Svensson Eric Jelen Bruce Derlin Jörgen Windahl
		Peter Bastiansen Michael Mortensen 6–4, 6–1	Mike Barr Marko Ostoja

June[edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
June 6	Dortmund Challenger Dortmund, West Germany Clay – $25,000 – 48S/24D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Hans-Dieter Beutel 6–7, 6–3, 6–4	Jérôme Vanier	Jim Gurfein Hans Schwaier	Luca Bottazzi Christophe Freyss Ricardo Ycaza Gustavo Guerrero
		Colin Dowdeswell Andrew Jarrett 6–7, 6–4, 6–3	Bruce Derlin Karl Meiler
June 13	Brescia Challenger Brescia, Italy Clay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Roland Stadler 6–3, 6–1	Víctor Pecci	Simone Colombo Ivan Kley	Helmar Stiegler Francesco Cancellotti Fernando Soler Paolo Canè
		Iván Camus Raúl Viver 6–2, 5–7, 6–4	Dácio Campos Eduardo Oncins
June 20	No tournaments scheduled.
June 27	Travemünde Challenger Travemünde, West Germany Clay – $25,000 – 64S/32D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Michael Westphal 7–5, 6–2	Rolf Gehring	Simone Colombo Raúl Viver	Eduardo Osta Jakob Hlasek Eduardo Bengoechea Ulrich Pinner
		Mike Myburg Christo van Rensburg 7–5, 6–3	Harald Theissen Michael Westphal

July[edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
July 4	Essen Challenger Essen, West Germany Clay – $25,000 – 48S/24D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Rolf Gehring 6–4, 6–3	José López-Maeso	Steve Meister Rick Fagel	David Mustard Scott Lipton Peter Elter Joakim Nyström
		Mike Myburg Christo van Rensburg 6–4, 6–2	Nick Brown Steve Shaw
July 11	No tournaments scheduled.
July 18	Santos Challenger Santos, Brazil Clay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Júlio Góes 6–2, 6–3	Carlos Kirmayr	Javier Restrepo Ivan Kley	Leo Palin Daniel Montes de Oca Bruce Kleege Junie Chatman
		Junie Chatman Leo Palin 7–6, 6–2	Edvaldo Oliveira Fernando Roese
July 25	Campos Challenger Campos, Brazil Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Rocky Royer 7–6, 3–6, 6–3	Carlos Kirmayr	Givaldo Barbosa Fernando Roese	Roger Guedes Junie Chatman Thomaz Koch Ney Keller
		Thomaz Koch José Schmidt 7–6, 6–2	Júlio Góes Ney Keller
	Neu-Ulm Challenger Neu-Ulm, West Germany Clay – $25,000 – 64S/32D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Tomáš Šmíd 7–5, 6–4	Trevor Allan	Jaroslav Navrátil Stefan Hermann	Miloslav Mečíř Michiel Schapers Simone Colombo Balázs Taróczy
		Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy 6–2, 6–4	Andrew Jarrett Jonathan Smith

August[edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
August 1	No tournaments scheduled.
August 8	No tournaments scheduled.
August 15	Le Touquet Challenger Le Touquet, France Clay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Pablo Arraya 6–2, 6–3	Roberto Argüello	Carlos Gattiker Hans-Dieter Beutel	Fernando Soler Christophe Casa Patrice Kuchna Gabriel Urpí
		Carlos Gattiker Alejandro Gattiker 7–6, 6–2	Tarik Benhabiles Jean-Louis Haillet
August 22	Vigo Challenger Vigo, Spain Clay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Henri de Wet 1–6, 6–3, 6–3	Pender Murphy	Gabriel Urpí Luca Bottazzi	Roberto Argüello Ernesto Vázquez Horacio de la Peña Francisco Maciel
		Lorenzo Fargas Gabriel Urpí 6–4, 4–6, 6–2	Iván Camus Raúl Viver
August 29	No tournaments scheduled.

September[edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
September 5	International Tournament of Messina Messina, Italy Clay – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Mario Martinez 6–7, 6–0, 9–7	Patrice Kuchna	Johan Carlsson Peter Carlsson	Juan Aguilera Pablo Arraya Trevor Allan Jan Sandberg
		Carlos Gattiker Alejandro Gattiker 7–5, 6–2	Juan Aguilera Pablo Arraya
September 12	Thessaloniki Challenger Thessaloniki, Greece Clay – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Horacio de la Peña 5–7, 7–6, 7–5	Rory Chappell	Mike Myburg Peter Carlsson	Andy Andrews Steve Shaw Billy Nealon Jacques Hervet
		Peter Bastiansen Michael Mortensen 7–6, 7–5	Mike Myburg Leo Palin
September 19	No tournaments scheduled.
September 26	No tournaments scheduled.

October[edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
October 3	No tournaments scheduled.
October 10	No tournaments scheduled.
October 17	Sydney Challenger Sydney, Australia Hard – $25,000 – 64S/32D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Simon Youl 3–6, 7–5, 6–2	John Frawley	Wally Masur Lawrence Hall	Russell Barlow Jonathan Canter Eduardo Oncins David Lewis
		Michael Fancutt Wally Masur 7–5, 6–3	Peter Carter Mark Kratzmann
October 24	Helsinki Challenger Helsinki, Finland Hard (i) – $25,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Erick Iskersky 6–4, 4–6, 7–5	Amos Mansdorf	Olli Rahnasto Peter Lundgren	Randy Druz Peter Bastiansen Luca Bottazzi Leo Palin
		Kimmo Alkio Olli Rahnasto 6–4, 5–7, 6–3	Erick Iskersky Richard Lewis
October 31	No tournaments scheduled.

November[edit]

Week of	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
November 7	No tournaments scheduled.
November 14	No tournaments scheduled.
November 21	Benin City Challenger Benin City, Nigeria Hard – $50,000 – 32S/16D Singles draw – Doubles draw	Nduka Odizor 6–4, 6–2	Ferrante Rocchi	Ernie Fernández Thierry Pham	David Imonitie Jacques Hervet Bernhard Pils Hans-Peter Kandler
		Haroon Ismail Nduka Odizor 7–6, 7–6	Jacques Hervet Thierry Pham

Statistical information[edit]

These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 1983 ATP Challenger Series. The players/nations are sorted by: (1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); (2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; (3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Titles won by player[edit]

Total	Player	S	D
3	Zoltan Kuharszky (HUN)	2	1
2	Henrik Sundström (SWE)	2	0
2	Robbie Venter (RSA)	2	0
2	John Austin (USA)	1	1
2	Wally Masur (AUS)	1	1
2	Nduka Odizor (NGR)	1	1
2	Leo Palin (FIN)	1	1
2	Larry Stefanki (USA)	1	1
2	Peter Bastiansen (DEN)	0	2
2	Charlie Fancutt (AUS)	0	2
2	Alejandro Gattiker (ARG)	0	2
2	Carlos Gattiker (ARG)	0	2
2	Haroon Ismail (ZIM)	0	2
2	Andrew Jarrett (GBR)	0	2
2	Michael Mortensen (DEN)	0	2
2	Mike Myburg (RSA)	0	2
2	Huub van Boeckel (NED)	0	2
2	Christo van Rensburg (RSA)	0	2
1	Pablo Arraya (PER)	1	0
1	Corrado Barazzutti (ITA)	1	0
1	Hans-Dieter Beutel (FRG)	1	0
1	Jimmy Brown (USA)	1	0
1	Francesco Cancellotti (ITA)	1	0
1	Horacio de la Peña (ARG)	1	0
1	Henri de Wet (RSA)	1	0
1	Tsuyoshi Fukui (JPN)	1	0
1	Rolf Gehring (FRG)	1	0
1	Vitas Gerulaitis (USA)	1	0
1	Shlomo Glickstein (ISR)	1	0
1	Júlio Góes (BRA)	1	0
1	Erick Iskersky (USA)	1	0
1	Patrice Kuchna (FRA)	1	0
1	Mario Martinez (BOL)	1	0
1	Marko Ostoja (YUG)	1	0
1	Rocky Royer (USA)	1	0
1	Michiel Schapers (NED)	1	0
1	Leif Shiras (USA)	1	0
1	Tomáš Šmíd (TCH)	1	0
1	Roland Stadler (SUI)	1	0
1	Michael Westphal (FRG)	1	0
1	Craig Wittus (USA)	1	0
1	Simon Youl (AUS)	1	0
1	Kimmo Alkio (FIN)	0	1
1	Vijay Amritraj (IND)	0	1
1	Joel Bailey (USA)	0	1
1	Givaldo Barbosa (BRA)	0	1
1	Mike Barr (USA)	0	1
1	John Benson (USA)	0	1
1	Luca Bottazzi (ITA)	0	1
1	Iván Camus (CHI)	0	1
1	David Carter (AUS)	0	1
1	Wesley Cash (USA)	0	1
1	Junie Chatman (USA)	0	1
1	Simone Colombo (ITA)	0	1
1	Bruce Derlin (NZL)	0	1
1	Colin Dowdeswell (GBR)	0	1
1	Robin Drysdale (GBR)	0	1
1	Broderick Dyke (AUS)	0	1
1	Lorenzo Fargas (ESP)	0	1
1	Rod Frawley (AUS)	0	1
1	Heinz Günthardt (SUI)	0	1
1	Per Hjertquist (SWE)	0	1
1	Jakob Hlasek (SUI)	0	1
1	Chris Johnstone (AUS)	0	1
1	Ney Keller (BRA)	0	1
1	Thomaz Koch (BRA)	0	1
1	John Mattke (USA)	0	1
1	Gabriel Mattos (BRA)	0	1
1	Frew McMillan (RSA)	0	1
1	Steve Meister (USA)	0	1
1	Richard Meyer (USA)	0	1
1	Gilles Moretton (FRA)	0	1
1	Ilie Năstase (ROU)	0	1
1	Andrew Pattison (ZIM)	0	1
1	Olli Rahnasto (FIN)	0	1
1	José Schmidt (BRA)	0	1
1	Jonathan Smith (GBR)	0	1
1	Charles Strode (USA)	0	1
1	Morris Strode (USA)	0	1
1	Stefan Svensson (SWE)	0	1
1	Balázs Taróczy (HUN)	0	1
1	Jeff Turpin (USA)	0	1
1	Gabriel Urpi (ESP)	0	1
1	Raul Viver (ECU)	0	1
1	Butch Walts (USA)	0	1
1	Greg Whitecross (AUS)	0	1

Titles won by nation[edit]

Total	Nation	S	D
18	United States (USA)	8	10
7	Australia (AUS)	2	5
6	South Africa (RSA)	3	3
4	Hungary (HUN)	2	2
4	Sweden (SWE)	2	2
4	Brazil (BRA)	1	3
3	West Germany (FRG)	3	0
3	Italy (ITA)	2	1
3	Argentina (ARG)	1	2
3	Finland (FIN)	1	2
3	Netherlands (NED)	1	2
3	Switzerland (SUI)	1	2
3	Great Britain (GBR)	0	3
3	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	3
2	France (FRA)	1	1
2	Nigeria (NGR)	1	1
2	Denmark (DEN)	0	2
1	Bolivia (BOL)	1	0
1	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0
1	Israel (ISR)	1	0
1	Japan (JPN)	1	0
1	Peru (PER)	1	0
1	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	0
1	Chile (CHI)	0	1
1	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1
1	India (IND)	0	1
1	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1
1	Romania (ROU)	0	1
1	Spain (ESP)	0	1

See also[edit]

• 1983 Grand Prix
• Association of Tennis Professionals
• International Tennis Federation

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official ATP World Tour Website: Results Archive
• ITF Tennis: Tournament Search Archived 2010-02-12 at the Wayback Machine