1983 Volvo International – Doubles

Doubles
1983 Volvo International
1982 Champions	Sherwood Stewart Ferdi Taygan
Champions	Mark Edmondson Sherwood Stewart
Runners-up	Eric Fromm Drew Gitlin
Final score	7–6, 6–1

Sherwood Stewart and Ferdi Taygan were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Stewart with Mark Edmondson and Taygan with Cássio Motta.

Motta and Taygan lost in the semifinals to Eric Fromm and Drew Gitlin.

Stewart and Edmondson won in the final 7–6, 6–1 against Fromm and Gitlin.

Seeds

Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.

1. Mark Edmondson / Sherwood Stewart (Champions)
2. Cássio Motta / Ferdi Taygan (Semifinals)
3. Francisco González / Víctor Pecci (Second Round)
4. Henri Leconte / Gilles Moretton (Second Round)
5. Charles Buzz Strode / Van Winitsky (Quarterfinals)
6. Andrés Gómez / Ricardo Ycaza (Semifinals)
7. David Graham / Laurie Warder (Quarterfinals)
8. Jan Gunnarsson / Mike Leach (Second Round)

Draw

Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

Finals

Final
1	Mark Edmondson   Sherwood Stewart	7	6
	Eric Fromm   Drew Gitlin	6	1

Top Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
							1	M Edmondson   S Stewart	6	7
	D Bedel   B Fritz	3	6	6				D Bedel   B Fritz	3	6
	G Donnelly   R Seguso	6	4	3										1	M Edmondson   S Stewart	6	4	6
	E Fernandez   D Pate	7	6												E Fernandez   D Pate	4	6	4
	J C Ayala   J Mattke	6	0					E Fernandez   D Pate	6	6
	E Adams   B Pirow	6	2				8	J Gunnarsson   M Leach	3	3
8	J Gunnarsson   M Leach	7	6																		1	M Edmondson   S Stewart	6	7
																					6	A Gómez   R Ycaza	3	5
							3	F González   V Pecci	6	4	3
	R Venter   B Willenborg	7	6	6				R Venter   B Willenborg	3	6	6
	J Kriek   M Purcell	6	7	2											R Venter   B Willenborg	2	2
	J Arias   R Hightower	6	6											6	A Gómez   R Ycaza	6	6
	J Higueras   M Orantes	4	2					J Arias   R Hightower	1	4
	P Arraya   H Sundström	6	0	4			6	A Gómez   R Ycaza	6	6
6	A Gómez   R Ycaza	3	6	6

Bottom Half

First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
5	C B Strode   V Winitsky	6	6
	R Cano   P Rebolledo	0	1				5	C B Strode   V Winitsky	6	3	6
	B Gilbert   J Gurfein	7	5	6				B Gilbert   J Gurfein	4	6	1
	M Myburg   F Puncec	5	7	3										5	C B Strode   V Winitsky	6	6
	E Fromm   D Gitlin	7	4	6											E Fromm   D Gitlin	7	7
	S Birner   C Miller	6	6	3				E Fromm   D Gitlin	3	6	6
							4	H Leconte   G Moretton	6	3	2
																						E Fromm   D Gitlin	6	1	7
7	D Graham   L Warder	7	6																		2	C Motta   F Taygan	2	6	6
	J Levine   T Warneke	6	3				7	D Graham   L Warder	6	6
	L Fargas   G Urpi	7	6					L Fargas   G Urpi	3	3
	A Tous   J Velasco, Sr.	6	4											7	D Graham   L Warder	5	0
	J L Damiani   D Pérez	6	7											2	C Motta   F Taygan	7	6
	Z Kuharszky   C Panatta	4	5					J L Damiani   D Pérez	1	2
							2	C Motta   F Taygan	6	6

External links

• 1983 Volvo International Doubles Draw