1983 Stockholm Open
Encyclopedia
The 1983 Stockholm Open was a tennis
tournament played on hard courts and part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix
and took place in Stockholm
, Sweden. The tournament was held from October 31 through November 6, 1983.
Mats Wilander
defeated
Tomáš Šmíd
, 6–1, 7–5
Anders Järryd
/ Hans Simonsson
defeated
Johan Kriek
/ Peter Fleming, 7–6, 7–5
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on hard courts and part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix
1983 Volvo Grand Prix
The 1983 Volvo Grand Prix was a tennis circuit held that year. It incorporated the four grand slam tournaments, the Grand Prix tournaments.-Schedule:The table below shows the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix schedule ....
and took place in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden. The tournament was held from October 31 through November 6, 1983.
Singles
Mats WilanderMats Wilander
Mats Wilander is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Sweden. From 1982 through 1988, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , and one Grand Slam men's doubles title...
defeated
Tomáš ŠmídTomáš Šmíd
Tomáš Šmíd is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won fifty-four titles and was the world's highest-ranking doubles player from December 17, 1984, to August 11, 1985. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on...
, 6–1, 7–5
Doubles
Anders JärrydAnders Järryd
Anders Per Järryd is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles , reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 5.Järryd was born in Lidköping, Västra Götaland...
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Hans SimonssonHans Simonsson
Hans Simonsson is a retired professional tennis player from Sweden. Primarily a doubles specialist, he won 12 ATP Tour titles in his career. He won the French Open doubles title in 1983 with his countryman Anders Järryd. He also played in the 1983 Davis Cup final for Sweden. He reached his...
defeated
Johan KriekJohan Kriek
Johan Kriek is a South African American professional male tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities. Kriek has won two Australian Opens and has reached the semi-finals at the French...
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Peter Fleming, 7–6, 7–5