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The 1983 French Open Tennis Tournament

Introduction

The French open is the second Grand Slam event that is held in a year. It is officially known as the Tournoi de Roland Garros or the Roland Garros tournament. This tournament is held over two weeks between mid May and early June in Paris. It is also the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world. This tournament is named after a hero of World War I. This is the only Grand Slam event that features clay courts. These clay courts give a great challenge to the participants as the clay tends to slower the ball and give an extra bounce to the ball.

So the strategy used here is different.The 1983 French Open Tennis Tournament is one such event that is held in this court. French Open earlier being a national tournament became open to the international competitors from 1925.

The 1983 French Open Tennis Tournament Statistics

The 1983 French Open Tennis Tournament featured Men Singles, Women Singles, Men Doubles, Women Doubles and Mixed Doubles. In the Men Singles category Yannick Noah ruled by winning the title by defeating top seed Mats Wilander by 6-2, 7-5, 7-6. In the Women Singles category top seed Chris Evert defeated Mima Jausovec by straight sets 6-1, 6-2. In the men Doubles category Anders Jarryd and Hans Simonsson defeated Mark Edmondson and Sherwood Stewart by 7-6, 6-4, 6-2. The Women Doubles category was won by Rosalyn Fairbank and Candy Reynolds after they defeated Kathy Jordan and Anne Smith by 5-7, 7-5, 6-2. In the category of Mixed Doubles Barbara Jordan and Eliot Teltscher defeated Lesley Allen and Charles Stode by 6-2, 6-3.

The 1983 French Open Tennis Tournament Summary

The 1983 French Open Tennis Tournament was very exciting. In this tournament there were some new faces who won the tournament instead of some top players who had a lot of experience. However the events were very exciting and were a real treat for the eyes of the spectators.