1982 World Championship Tennis circuit

1982 World Championship Tennis circuit
Lendl won 11 titles
Details
Duration19 January 1982 – 24 January 1983
Edition11th
Tournaments23
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesCzechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (11)
Most tournament finalsCzechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (11)
Prize money leaderCzechoslovakia Ivan Lendl ($1,349,000)
Points leaderCzechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (481) Spring
Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl (920) Summer/Fall
Poland Wojciech Fibak (1,420) Winter
1977
1983

The 1982 World Championship Tennis circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1982. It was organized by World Championship Tennis (WCT).

On 30 April 1981 WCT announced its withdrawal from the Grand Prix circuit, into which it had been incorporated since the 1978 season, and the re-establishment of its own full calendar season for 1982. According to WCT owner Lamar Hunt the reasons for the withdrawal were the restrictions placed on them by the Men's Professional Council, the administrators of the Grand Prix circuit.[1][2] The 1982 WCT circuit consisted of a Spring Tour, with nine tournaments, a Summer/Fall Tour, with five tournaments, and a Winter Tour with six tournaments. Each tour segment had its own finals tournament (Dallas, Naples and Detroit respectively).[3] Total prize money, including bonuses, for the circuit was $7,933,000, which represented an increase of approximately $5 million compared to 1981.[3]

  1. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1982). World of Tennis 1982. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 167–177. ISBN 0356085961.
  2. ^ "Tennis World War Declared". The Evening Independent. May 11, 1981.
  3. ^ a b John Barrett, ed. (1983). World of Tennis 1983. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 161, 162. ISBN 0356093832.